The Audubon Society field guide to North American fossils / Ida Thompson ; with photographs by Townsend P. Dickinson ; visual key by Carol Nehring.
TITLE:
The Audubon Society field guide to North American fossils / Ida Thompson ; with photographs by Townsend P. Dickinson ; visual key by Carol Nehring.
By:
Publication Date:
1982
Publication Information:
New York : Knopf,
Physical Description:
846 p. : col. ill.
Subject Term:
Summary:
This, the first all-photographic field guide to cover fossils found throughout North America north of Mexico, includes nearly 500 full-color photographs identifying corals, trilobites, shells, teeth, bones, as well as fossil-bearing rocks and outcrop formations. The descriptive text includes information on size, geological period, geographical distribution, and ecology of the animal or plant before it was fossilized. In addition, the book provides lists of Geological Survey offices and major fossil collections, a geological time chart, and a guide to collecting and preserving fossils.
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780394524122
General Note:
"A Chanticleer Press edition."
Includes index.
