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Specifiche dell'oggetto
- Condizione
- ISBN
- 9780226922966
- Book Title
- Lost World of Fossil Lake : Snapshots from Deep Time
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Item Length
- 10.3 in
- Publication Year
- 2013
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Item Height
- 1.4 in
- Genre
- Nature, Science
- Topic
- Paleontology, Fossils
- Item Weight
- 62 Oz
- Item Width
- 8.3 in
- Number of Pages
- 432 Pages
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
ISBN-10
0226922960
ISBN-13
9780226922966
eBay Product ID (ePID)
143599684
Product Key Features
Book Title
Lost World of Fossil Lake : Snapshots from Deep Time
Number of Pages
432 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2013
Topic
Paleontology, Fossils
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Nature, Science
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.4 in
Item Weight
62 Oz
Item Length
10.3 in
Item Width
8.3 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Reviews
Lance Grande's book is a tour de force celebrating the scientific value, historical background, biodiversity and sheer beauty of the exquisitely preserved fossils from the Fossil Butte localities in Wyoming. Elegantly written with lucid prose and full of enjoyable stories about the human culture of fossil collecting, it is an unforgettable, must-have biography of one the world's most significant fossil sites., The fossil lakes of the Green River Formation are fantastic paleontological goldmines, and Lance Grande's new book is a detailed tribute to the wonderful forms of life that thrived among those ancient habitats. From damselflies to bats, The Lost World of Fossil Lake is a comprehensive fossil catalog that fleshes out scenes of Eocene life from the lake bottom to the shore., In this lush, in-depth guide to the area's fossilized fauna, palaeontologist Lance Grande offers an in-depth portrait of an aquatic community that thrived in a subtropical wonderland of jungles and volcanoes. Beautifully illustrated in colour, including a field guide and atlas., Enchanting. . . . The Lost World of Fossil Lake is a splendidly illustrated compendium on the c. 52 million-year-old fossils found at the lakebed, written with grace and authority. Collections have been made from the site for about 150 years, and although the material has been described in many publications, there has been no comprehensive survey until now. And here it is, and with its 243 fine colour plates, it will appeal to both amateur and professional geologists and palaeontologists., Lance Grande's book is a tour de force celebrating the scientific value, historical background, biodiversity and sheer beauty of the exquisitely preserved fossils from the Fossil Butte localities in Wyoming. Elegantly written with lucid prose and full of enjoyable stories about the human culture of fossil collecting, it is an unforgettable, must-have biography of one of the world's most significant fossil sites., Lance Grande's book is a tour de force celebrating the scientific value, historical background, biodiversity and sheer beauty of the exquisitely preserved fossils from the Fossil Butte localities in Wyoming. Elegantly written with lucid prose, with enjoyable stories about the human culture of fossil collecting, it is an unforgettable, must-have biography of one the world's most significant fossil sites., Lance Grande's book is a tour de force celebrating the scientific value, historical background, biodiversity and sheer beauty of the exquisitely preserved fossils from the Fossil Butte localities in Wyoming. Elegantly written with lucid prose and full of enjoyable stories about the human culture of fossil collecting, it is an unforgettable, must-have biography of one of the world's most significant fossil sites.
Dewey Edition
23
TitleLeading
The
Dewey Decimal
560.45630978782
Table Of Content
Preface In the Beginning Fossils from the FBM: History, Controversy, and Quarry Life Exposing the Record of Past Life: Fossil Preparation Classification of Fossils and Their Place in the Web of Life Bacteria Arthropods (Phylum Arthropoda) Mollusks (Phylum Mollusca) Vertebrates (Phylum Chordata, Subphylum Vertebrata) Cartilaginous Fishes (Superclass Chondrichthii) Ray-Finned Fishes (Superclass Actinopterygii) Abundance and Distribution of Fish Species Tetrapods (Superclass Sarcopterygii) Amphibians (Class Amphibia) Non-Avian Reptiles (Class Reptilia; Superorders +Paracryptodira, Cryptodira, Squamata, and Crocodylomormha) Birds (Class Reptilia; Superorder Aves) Mammals (Class Mammalia) Plants Green Algae (Phylum Chlorophyceae) Ferns and Horsetails (Phylum Filicopsida and Phylum Equisetopsida) Conifers (Phylum Coniferophyta) Non-Eudicot Flowering Plants (Phylum Angiospermophyta; Subclasses Magnoliids, Monocotyledons, and Ceratophyliids) Eudicot Flowering Plants (Phylum Angiospermophyta; Subclass Tricolpates) Trace Fossils Reading the Pages of Deep History Concluding Remarks Postscript Acknowledgments Appendix A: Key to the Major FBM Localities Appendix B: Summary List of FBM "Fish" Species Appendix C: Summary List of FBM Bird Species Appendix D: FBM Fossils That Have Been Enhanced, Restored, Inset, or Faked Appendix E: Using This Book and Comments on Bulletin 63 Appendix F: Sources of Phylogenies Used in This Book List of Institutional Abbreviations Used in This Book Glossary
Synopsis
The landscape of southwestern Wyoming around the ghost town of Fossil is beautiful but harsh; a dry, high mountain desert with cool nights and long, cold winters inhabited by a sparse mountain desert community. But during the early Eocene, more than fifty million years ago, it was a subtropical lake, surrounded by volcanoes and forests and teeming with life. Buried within the sun-baked limestone is spectacular evidence of the lush vegetation and plentiful fauna of the ancient past, a transitional ecosystem giving us clues to how North America recovered from a great extinction event that wiped out dinosaurs and the majority of all species on the planet. Paleontologists have been conducting excavations at Fossil Butte for more than 150 years, and with The Lost World of Fossil Lake , one of the world's leading experts on the fossils from this spectacular locality takes readers on a fascinating journey through the history of the discovery and exploration of the site. Deftly mixing incredible color photographs of the remarkable fossils uncovered at the site with an explanation of their evolutionary significance, Grande presents an unprecedented, comprehensive portrait of the site, its treasures, and what we've learned from them. Grande presents a broad range of fossilized organisms from Fossil Lake--from single-celled algae to palm trees to crocodiles--and together they make this long-extinct community come to life in all its diversity and splendor. A field guide and atlas round out the book, enabling readers to identify and classify the majority of the known fossils from the site. Lavishly produced in full color, The Lost World of Fossil Lake is a stunning reminder of the intellectual and physical beauty of scientific investigation--and a breathtaking window onto our planet's long-lost past.
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