Snapshots from deep time
the 52-million-year-old communities of the Fossil Butte Member, locked in stone
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Author
Contributions
- Weinstein, John (John S.), 1955- photographer - Contributor
Publication
2013 - University of Chicago Press, Illinois
Language
English
Word Count
106,250 words, Guess
Page Count
425 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL25404807M
- ISBN-139780226922966
- OCLC Control Number803472380
- OCLC Control Numberlostworldoffossi0000gran
- Library of Congress Control Number2012029631
Classifications
- DDC560/.45630978782
- LCCQE747.G74 G73 2013
Description
Paleontologists have been conducting excavations at Fossil Butte for more than 150 years, and with The Lost World of Fossil Lake, one of the world?s leading experts on the fossils from this spectacular locality takes readers on a fascinating journey through the history of the discovery and exploration of the site. Deftly mixing incredible color photographs of the remarkable fossils uncovered at the site with an explanation of their evolutionary significance, Grande presents an unprecedented, comprehensive portrait of the site, its treasures, and what we?ve learned from them. Grande presents a broad range of fossilized organisms from Fossil Lake - from single-celled algae to palm trees to crocodiles - and together they make this long-extinct community come to life in all its diversity and splendor. A field guide and atlas round out the book, enabling readers to identify and classify the majority of the known fossils from the site.
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