FOSSILS: the greatest treasures that ever lived. Daber & Helms.
Meanings of fossil remains; unusual fossils and more significant "missing links". 166 photos, (46 in color).
ISBN: 0-86622-047-X. Order #: TFHP4568 cloth$29.95.

 

 

 

AN ILLUSTRATED GUIDE TO FOSSIL COLLECTING. by Casanova & Ratkevich.
Beginning guide with numerous and detailed accounts of fossil locations in US and Canada. This easy to understand guide tells how fossils are classified, how to collect, preserve, and mount specimens. Collecting sites given for each state. 200 illustrations, 128 pages. Out of print; we have 4 left.
ISBN: 0-87961-113-8. Order #: NAGR0968 paper$9.95

MAMMOTHS. by Adrian Lister and Paul Bahn. Origins of the mammoths, unearthing their fossil remains, their natural history while they lived, their extinction, and with a guide to mammoth sites and finds. How fossils were preserved in nature and the animals and plants found with them. Includes rock art paintings that show human interaction with this immense species, which included large bones and tusks as supports for shelters and even for carving into figurines. Color photographs and maps and drawings, glossary, index, 168 large-format pages.
ISBN; 0-02-572985-3. 1994. Order #: MACM8535 cloth$30.00.

 

 

OLD BONES AND SERPENT STONES: a guide to interpreted fossil localities in Canada and the Western United States--Volume 2: western sites. by T. Skywara.
Explains what fossils are, the life forms they represent, how they came to be preserved and types and forms of rocks in which they occur. Describes fossil localities which can be visited and understood by the public and indicates the time period in Earth's history--and therefore the types of fossils--represented at each site. Details 45 sites with information on public use, educational resources, fossils that occur and how to see them. Photographs, drawings, maps, 309 pages.
ISBN: 0-939923-09-2. 1992. Order #: MISC2733 paper$16.95.5.

 

 

PREHISTORIC AMERICA: a journey through the Ice Age and beyond. by Miles Barton, Nigel Bean, Stephen Dunleavy, Ian Gray, Adam White.
Authors take a journey back to the time when human beings first arrived in North America 13,000 years ago at the end of the last Ice Age. Their survey spans from icy Arctic to tropical Florida swamps when wildlife was more spectacular and varied in our region than it is today. In their book they travel the continent by region introducing beasts including ground sloths, glyptodonts, mastodonts, mammoths, saber-toothed and scimitar-toothed cats, and the short-faced bear. Alongside these now-lost creatures were lions, cheetahs, zebras, and camels also now lost. Many species from that time, however, persist such as caribou, grizzly bears, eagles, salmon, bison, coyotes, prairie dogs, condors, alligators, and jaguars. Evidence for this animal assemblage is provided from fossil bone deposits and inferences are made on how the animals lived, some feeding on plants and some on each other. The arrival of humans is also presented, and their potential effect on the life forms already present. Color photographs, maps, 192 large-format pages, index.
ISBN: 0-30-09819-7. 2002. Yale University Press. Order #: MISC2707 cloth$29.95.

 

 

PREHISTORIC LIFE: the rise of the vertebrates. by David Norman.
Traces emergence of life from earliest complex organisms to rise of mammals (including humans), scientific theories on origins of life, environmental changes that influenced evolution. Discusses the preservation, discovery, and interpretation of fossils and relates them to time periods on Earth as well as to the shifting positions of the continents. Tells of the development of special organs such as ears and lungs and presents those species that have more of the characteristics of modern humans as well as some of the cultural traits of our species. Includes section on further reading. Color photos and drawings, 246 large-format pages, index. See sample pages, illustrations.
ISBN: 0-671-79940-1. 1994. Order #: MACM8538 cloth w/dust jacket$30.00.

 

 

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