More Paleozoic Fossils

Author: Bruce L. Stinchcomb
Publisher: Schiffer Publishing
ISBN: 9780764340307
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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In this second book on Paleozoic fossils, over 840 all new specimens from this period are provided, organized by biologic (taxonomic) position. It is a real eye candy feast for fossil enthusiasts. Come and explore the fossil evidence for a world that was ancient and long gone when the dinosaurs ruled the earth. Discover the sponges, archaeocyathids (reef builders), cnidaria, worms, brachiopods, bryozoans, mollusks, arthropods, echinoderms, and chordates that populated the oceans and inhabited the land from 535 to 235 million years ago. Much of the fossil record for this era reveals marine organisms in many forms, but this is also the period when clear evidence for plants and animals appears in hard rock. While the earth presents many natural barriers to the collecting of Paleozoic fossils, the author has overcome those barriers to present readers with a formidable collection.

Paleozoic Fossils

Author: Bruce L. Stinchcomb
Publisher: Schiffer Book for Collectors
ISBN: 9780764329173
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Explore the rich fossil record of the Paleozoic Era, from the Cambrian (545 million years ago) through the Permian (almost 300 million years ago) with 650 high quality color photos and detailed, highly readable text. Following his successful work on the earliest fossils, the author now starts at that time in earth's history when life blossomed into a variety of body plans (phyla), and explores the successive periods of the Paleozoic Era. These include the Cambrian; the early, mid-, and late Ordovician; the Silurian and Devonian with their numerous marine fossils and some of the earth's first land plants and early fish; the diverse land plants and peculiar marine life of the Carboniferous (Mississippian and Pennsylvanian periods); and the fossils of the Permian, including many fossils of life forms that would go extinct in the worlds greatest extinction event. This is a great book for fossil hunters of all ilks and anyone interested in the early remnants of life. Those who collect or trade fossils will find a useful guide to the values of the fossils.

Paleozoic Fossil Plants

Author: Bruce L. Stinchcomb
Publisher: Schiffer Publishing
ISBN: 9780764343278
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Over 670 color photos reveal the Paleozoic plants that covered the earth from 500 to 260 million years ago, well before the dinosaurs roamed the world. These plants provide some of the earliest records to the greening of planet earth. They also make fascinating, very attractive fossils, which can be considered as "nature's artwork." The fossil record provides a window into the first "forests" of the Devonian Period, followed by the peculiar plants of the Lower Carboniferous. These plants, in turn, were followed by those of the Upper Carboniferous, abundant vegetation that is responsible for almost half of the planet's coal seams. Coal swamp vegetation is followed by the more sparse Permian floras, which preceded what was the earth's most profound extinction event. Marine plants also make their appearance in the world during this period, as do various puzzling fossil tracks and burrows previously thought to be marine plant fossils. This book is for all who are curious about the ancient earth.

The Precambrian

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Category : Geology, Stratigraphic
Languages : en
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Catalogue of Type Specimens of Paleozoic Fossils in New York State Museum (Classic Reprint)

Author: John M. Clarke
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9781390533286
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 850

Book Description
Excerpt from Catalogue of Type Specimens of Paleozoic Fossils in New York State Museum While the main part of the book is devoted to the biologic arrange ment of the type material, a second part gives a concise relisting of the species in their stratigraphic arrangement. A chief purpose of this record is to make available to students the card catalogue of these types now in the possession of the museum. At the same time, it serves to indicate the wealth of the museum in these important elements, of which upward of 5000 are here listed, a number which exceeds all type specimens of paleozoic organisms from the New York rocks in the possession of all other collections taken together. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Travels with Trilobites

Author: Andy Secher
Publisher: Columbia University Press
ISBN: 0231553862
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 610

Book Description
Trilobites were some of the most successful and versatile organisms ever to exist. Among the earliest forms of complex animal life, these hard-shelled marine invertebrates inhabited the primal seas of the Paleozoic Era. Their march through evolutionary time began in the Lower Cambrian, some 521 million years ago, and lasted until their demise at the end of the Permian, more than 250 million years later. During this vast stretch of planetary history, these adaptable animals filled virtually every available undersea niche, evolving into more than 25,000 scientifically recognized species. In Travels with Trilobites, Andy Secher invites readers to come along in search of the fossilized remains of these ancient arthropods. He explores breathtaking paleontological hot spots around the world—including Alnif, Morocco, on the edge of the Sahara Desert; the Sakha Republic, deep in the Siberian wilderness; and Kangaroo Island, off the coast of South Australia—and offers a behind-the-scenes look at museums, fossil shows, and life on the collectors’ circuit. The book features hundreds of photographs of unique specimens drawn from Secher’s private collection, showcasing stunning fossil finds that highlight the diversity, complexity, and beauty of trilobites. Entertaining and informative, Travels with Trilobites combines key scientific information about these captivating creatures with wry, colorful observations and inside stories from one of the world’s most prolific collectors.

Cenozoic Fossils II

Author: Bruce L. Stinchcomb
Publisher: Schiffer Pub Limited
ISBN: 9780764335808
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 160

Book Description
560 color photos and engaging text take readers on a journey back to a world first of tropical climates and then plunging into an Ice Age. It covers the Miocene, Pliocene, Pleistocene, and Holocene Epochs, and includes a dazzling array of fossils, including plants, mollusks, sharks, insects, mammoths, and mastodons. This is the age when familiar plants and animals arise and where humans first appear on the Earth. Human intelligence grows and early tools are also included in this sweeping review of recent geological history. The tools include hand axes, Paleolithic scrapers, and an easily recognizable Clovis spear point. Explore the dawning of the world we know. Current value ranges for the fossils displayed here are included. This is the perfect gift for anyone who has wondered where we all came from and evidence of how things used to be.

The Paleozoic Faunas

Author: Stuart Weller
Publisher: General Books
ISBN: 9781458932099
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 256

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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER II. FORMATIONS OF CAMBRIAN AGE. HARDYSTON QUARTZITE. Wherever the sedimentary Paleozoic strata lie normally against the pre-cambrian crystalline rocks without faulting, both in the Kitta- tinny valley and in the outlying areas, the beginning of the sedimentary series is a rock with exceedingly variable lithologic characteristics, but always highly siliceous. In some localities it is a quartzite, sometimes it is a conglomerate, often an arkose, and in its upper layers it becomes more and more calcareous, with some shalcy beds. This formation is known in New Jersey as the Hardyston quartzite. It was first named the Hardystonville quartzite by Wolff and Brooks, but an abbreviation of the name to Hardyston seems desirable. The same formation extends into Pennsylvania, where it is known as the Chiques sandstone, f and similar beds extend southward along the Appalachians. In New Jersey the thickness of the formation is as variable as its physical characters. Wolff and Brooks J gave its thickness as ranging from thirty feet to a foot or less, but their observations were restricted to the region about Franklin Furnace. In other parts of its outcrop the conglomeritic phase of the formation is known to equal or even exceed 200 feet. The age of the formation has been well established as Cambrian. In the early reports of the survey, without fossil evidence, it was correlated with the Potsdam sandstone of New York, but later, Beecher first found fossils in the formation at Hardystonville, belonging to the Trilolnte genus Olenellus, which established its age as lower Cambrian. At a later date Foerste discovered additional fossil localities, Olenellus always being the most conspicuous form. During the field investigations carried on for the preparation of the present rep.

The American Palaeozoic Fossils

Author: S. A. Miller
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780364167144
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 358

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Excerpt from The American Palaeozoic Fossils: A Catalogue of the Genera and Species, With Names of Authors, Dates, Places of Publication, Groups of Books in Which Found, and the Etymology and Signification of the Words, and an Introduction Devoted to the Stratigraphical Geology of the Palæozogic Book The genus Prototaxites was founded b Dawson upon fossil wood, supposed to resemble the genus Taxites. The same author foun ed the genus Nematoxylon, upon what he supposed to be nearly related fossil wood. Mr. Carruthers examined the same specimens and pro nounced them both Algae, and founded the new genus nematophycus. Seeds, stems, roots and other organs of uncertain affinity, have received emeric and specific names. Some fossils are classed by some authors with the Algae, as ruziana, Scolithus, etc., while others regard them as tracks of marine animals. Authors are not in accord, even on the arrange ment of the fronds and branches of ferns into families. For these reasons, I have not undertaken to arrange the fossils of the vegetable kingdom, represented in the palaeozoic rocks, into families. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Upper Paleozoic of Peru

Author: Norman Dennis Newell
Publisher: Geological Society of America
ISBN: 0813710588
Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 330

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