Description of the British Palaeozoic Fossils
Author: Frederick McCoy
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Published: 1851
Total Pages: 506
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Author: Frederick McCoy
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Published: 1851
Total Pages: 506
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: John Phillips
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Published: 1841
Total Pages: 372
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Geological Survey of Canada
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Published: 1865
Total Pages: 440
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Samuel Almond Miller
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Published: 1877
Total Pages: 364
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Bruce L. Stinchcomb
Publisher: Schiffer Publishing
Published: 2013
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780764343278
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOver 670 color photos reveal the Paleozoic plants that covered the earth from 500 to 260 million years ago, well before the dinosaurs roamed the world. These plants provide some of the earliest records to the greening of planet earth. They also make fascinating, very attractive fossils, which can be considered as "nature's artwork." The fossil record provides a window into the first "forests" of the Devonian Period, followed by the peculiar plants of the Lower Carboniferous. These plants, in turn, were followed by those of the Upper Carboniferous, abundant vegetation that is responsible for almost half of the planet's coal seams. Coal swamp vegetation is followed by the more sparse Permian floras, which preceded what was the earth's most profound extinction event. Marine plants also make their appearance in the world during this period, as do various puzzling fossil tracks and burrows previously thought to be marine plant fossils. This book is for all who are curious about the ancient earth.
Author: Daniel Sharpe
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Published: 1848
Total Pages: 58
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Clare Milsom
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Published: 2009-04-01
Total Pages: 168
ISBN-13: 1444311239
DOWNLOAD EBOOKLife on Earth has been evolving and interacting with the surface and atmosphere for almost four billion years. Fossils provide a powerful tool in the study of the Earth and its history. They also provide important data for evolutionary studies and contribute to our understanding of the extinction of organisms and the origins of modern biodiversity. Introduces the study of fossils in a simple and straightforward manner. Short chapters introduce the main topics in the current study of fossils. The most important fossil groups are discussed, from microfossils through invertebrates to vertebrates and plants, followed by a brief narrative of life on earth. Diagrams are central to the book and allow the reader to see most of the important data 'at a glance'. Each topic covers two pages and provides a self-contained suite of information or a starting point for future study.
Author: A. Sedgwick
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Published: 1855
Total Pages: 790
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Published: 1853
Total Pages: 20
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Warren D. Allmon
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 2016-10-05
Total Pages: 434
ISBN-13: 022637744X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe literature of paleobiology is brimming with qualifiers and cautions about using species in the fossil record, or equating such species with those recognized among living organisms. Species and Speciation in the Fossil Record digs through this literature and surveys the recent research on species in paleobiology. In these pages, experts in the field examine what they think species are - in their particular taxon of specialty or more generally in the fossil record. They also reflect on what the answers mean for thinking about species in macroevolution. The first step in this approach is an overview of the Modern Synthesis, and paleobiology’s development of quantitative ways of documenting and analyzing variation with fossil assemblages. Following that, this volume’s central chapters explore the challenges of recognizing and defining species from fossil specimens, and show how with careful interpretation and a clear species concept, fossil species may be sufficiently robust for meaningful paleobiological analyses. Tempo and mode of speciation over time are also explored, exhibiting how the concept of species, if more refined, can reveal enormous amounts about the interplay between species origins and extinction and local and global climate change.