Buta Ronald James, Kopaska-Merkel David C. Footprints in Stone: Fossil Traces of Coal-Age Tetrapods 9780817358440

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Автор: Buta Ronald James, Kopaska-Merkel David C.
Название: Footprints in Stone: Fossil Traces of Coal-Age Tetrapods
ISBN: 9780817358440
Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan)
Классификация:

Доисторичекая археология

Палеонтология

ISBN-10: 0817358447
Обложка/Формат: Paperback
Страницы: 318
Вес: 1.15 кг.
Дата издания: 26.07.2016
Язык: English
Иллюстрации: 45 colour & 109 back & white illustrations, 6 maps
Размер: 208 x 239 x 27
Ключевые слова: Archaeology,Palaeontology,Natural history
Подзаголовок: Fossil traces of coal-age tetrapods
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Поставляется из: Англии
Описание: The Steven C. Minkin (Union Chapel) Paleozoic Footprint Site ranks among the most important fossil sites in the world today, and Footprints in Stone recounts the accidental revelation of its existence and detailed findings about its fossil record.

Currently 2,500 miles from the equator and more than 250 miles north of the Gulf of Mexico, the Minkin site was a swampy tropical forest adjacent to a tidal flat during the Coal Age or Carboniferous Period more than 300 million years ago. That fecund strand of sand and mud at the oceans edge teemed with the earths earliest reptiles as well as amphibians, fish, horseshoe crabs, spiders, jumping insects, and other fascinating organisms. Unlike dinosaurs and other large animals whose sturdy bodies left hard fossil records, most of these small, soft-bodied creatures left no concrete remains. But they did leave something else. Preserved in the sites coal beds along with insect wings and beautifully textured patterns of primeval plants are their footprints, fossilized animal tracks from which modern paleontologists can glean many valuable insights about their physical anatomies and behaviors.

The paleontological examination of fossil tracks is now the cutting-edge of contemporary scholarship, and the Minkin site is the first and largest site of its kind in eastern North America. Discovered by a local high school science teacher, the site provides both professional and amateur paleontologists around the world with a wealth of fossil track samples along with an inspirational story for amateur explorers and collectors.

Authoritative and extensively illustrated, Footprints in Stone brings together the contributions of many geologists and paleontologists who photographed, documented, and analyzed the Minkin sites fossil trackways. An engrossing tale of its serendipitous discovery and a detailed study of its fossil records, Footprints in Stone is a landmark publication in the history of paleontology.

Дополнительное описание: Palaeontology|Nature and the natural world: general interest|Archaeology

Footprints in Stone: Fossil Traces of Coal-Age Tetrapods, Buta Ronald James, Kopaska-Merkel David C.