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Exceptional Fossil Preservation: A Unique View on the Evolution of Marine Life - The Critical Moments and Perspectives in Earth History and Paleobiology David J Bottjer
Exceptional Fossil Preservation: A Unique View on the Evolution of Marine Life - The Critical Moments and Perspectives in Earth History and Paleobiology
David J Bottjer
This photographically rich volume provides a synthetic overview of a wide sample of Lagerstatten from marine environments reaching back in time to the Precambrian, more than 500 million years ago. These occurrences of exceptional fossil preservation are providing scientists with a new source of evidence to understand how life has evolved in the Earth's oceans.
424 pages, 78 black & white illustrations, 22 maps
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | August 27, 2002 |
| ISBN13 | 9780231102544 |
| Publishers | Columbia University Press |
| Pages | 424 |
| Dimensions | 186 × 262 × 31 mm · 970 g |
| Language | English |
| Editor | Bottjer, David |
| Editor | Etter, Walter |
| Editor | Hagadorn, James |
| Editor | Tang, Carol (Director, Visitor Interpretive Programs, California Academy of Sciences) |