Simon & Schuster'S Guide To Fossils (Nature Guide Series) | 
| Author: Paolo Arduini
Publisher: Fireside
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  1 reviews
Sales Rank: 323667
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 320
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.1
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 4.7 x 0.8
ISBN: 0671631322
Dewey Decimal Number: 560
EAN: 9780671631321
ASIN: 0671631322
Publication Date: February 15, 1987
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Condition: Cover has some shelf wear, top corner of some pages have light water damage.
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Product Description
Practical, concise, and easy to use, Simon & Schuster's Guide to FossilsSimon & Schuster's Guide to Fossils contains everything the fossil enthusiast needs to know. A thorough introduction discusses science, evolution, and history and describes the process of fossilization, how we trace evolution with fossils, how fossils are classified, where fossil organisms lived, and where fossils can be found today. This indispensable guide includes 260 entries, including dinosaur fossils, all beautifully illustrated in color, and is complete with each fossil's classification, description, geographic distribution, and notes on the main areas where examples have been found. Information on age, appearance, and environment is provided and highlighted with easy-to-read visual symbols.Whether you are a serious collector or an absolute amateur, fervently hoping to trip over an ancient shell or bone, this incomparably stunning, authoritative reference is the most useful and valuable book on fossils you can own.
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On Your Bookshelf At home, In Your Pocket On The Field March 27, 2000
15 out of 16 found this review helpful
Simon and Schuster's Guide to Fossils, is the best choice for field usage and as a good reference. In the book, you not only find the right definition and name for the fossil you have found, but also the specific facts about it. From classification to description, from description to stratigraphic position and geographical distribution... It also includes special notes about the specimens that you've collected, to make you completely understand the organisms... In short, this book is what you need on your bookshelf at home, and in your pocket on the field.
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