A practical guide to identifying, collecting and understanding all types of fossil. The introduction describes how fossils form and the history of ancient life, and the classification and distribution of fossils are described, giving essential background information for collectors.
This well-known reference book provides a comprehensive guide to the identification of minerals, rocks, and fossils throughout the world, and is small enough for use in the field.
Published in association with The Natural History Museum, London, this is a practical and authoritative guide to identifying minerals, rocks and fossils.
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First printing National Library of Canada Cataloguing in Publication Data Firefly guide to fossils . ... Ellicott Station Buffalo , New York 14205 Published in Great Britain in 2003 by Philip's , a division of Octopus Publishing Group ...
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Philip's Guide to the Oceans is an illustrated guide to the world's oceans and seas. It features more than 250 photographs, maps and diagrams and a comprehensive, authoritative text. The...
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Shows fossils, skeletons, and reconstructions of various species of extinct or surviving animals
Now, in this wide ranging volume, the world's rocks, minerals and fossils are examined. In superb full-colour photographs they are shown both in close-up and in the landscapes where they occur.
Now, this volume provides the most comprehensively illustrated guide to the world's rocks, minerals and fossils.