The Lost World of Fossil Lake snapshots from deep time / Lance Grande ; with photography by Lance Grande and John Weinstein.

Author/creator Grande, Lance
Other author Weinstein, John (John S.), 1955-
Format Electronic
Publication InfoChicago : University of Chicago Press, 2013.
Descriptionxi, 425 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 27 cm
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Contents 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 [dagger]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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 405-416) and indexes.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2012029631
ISBN9780226922966 (cloth : alkaline paper)

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