A pictorial guide to fossils
By: Gerard R. Case.
Publisher: Van Nostrand Reinhold
Published: 1982
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 515
Subjects: Fossils -- Pictorial works.
Description: Text and photographs identify and classify faunal fossils found around the world.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 502-506.
Includes index.

CONTENTS:

Protozoa. foraminifera and fusilinids -- Porifera (sponges) -- Coelenterata. corals, conularids, jellyfishes, and graptolites -- Echinodermata. cystoids, blastoids, crinoids, and starfishes -- Echinoidea. holothurians (sea-cucumbers), sea-urchins and sand-dollars -- Annelida (worms) -- Conodonts -- Bryozoa -- Brachiopoda. brachiopods -- Mollusca. pelecypods (clams) -- Mollusca. gastropods (snails) -- Mollusca. cephalopods (ammonites, nautiloids, etc.) -- Arthropoda. trilobites -- Arthropoda. branchiopods, ostracodes, and barnacles -- Arthropoda. shrimps, crabs, lobsters, etc. -- Arthropoda. insects and arachnids -- Arthropoda. horseshoe crabs -- Arthropoda. eurypterids -- Miscellaneous. (tully monster, etc.) -- Plants (including algae) -- Pseudofossils -- Pisces. ostracodermi (archaic fishes) -- Pisces. placodermi (arthrodires and antiarchs) -- Pisces. chondrichthyans (sharks, skates, rays, sawfishes, chimaeras and iniopterygians) -- Pisces. osteichthyes (bony fishes) (acanthodians, crossopterygians, lampreys, lungfishes, coelacanths, paleoniscoids, etc.) -- Amphibia. labyrinthodonts, branchiosaurs, frogs, etc. -- Reptilia. (early stem reptiles) cotylosaurs and parieasaurs -- Reptilia. (varied types) turtles, ichthyosaurs, mesosaurs, etc. -- Reptilia. (euryapsid reptiles) plesiosaurs, elasmosaurs, nothosaurs, etc. -- Reptilia. (lepidosaurians) champsosaurs, eosuchians, mosasaurs, and snakes -- Reptilia. (ruling types) archosaurs, pterosaurs, pterodactyls, mesosuchians, crocodiles and alligators -- 

Dinosauria. saurischia (theropods) -- Dinosauria. saurischia (carnosaurians) -- Dinosauria. saurischia (sauropodomorphs and sauropods) -- Dinosauria. ornithischia (ornithopods) -- Dinosauria. ornithischia (stegosaurs) -- Dinosauria. ornithischia (ceratopsians) -- Dinosauria. ichnites (dinosaur tracks) -- Aves (birds) -- Mammallike reptiles. pelycosaurs, etc. -- Mammalia. (primitive types) multituberculates and marsupials -- Mammalia. (insectivores) placentals and bats -- Mammalia.  (primates) lemurs, monkeys, apes, etc. -- Mammalia. (carnivorous types) hyaenas, lions, tigers, wolves, cats, dogs, bears -- Mammalia. (archaic ungulates) pantodonts and condylarths -- Mammalia. (subungulates) embrithopods, mastodons, mammoths and elephants -- Mammalia. (South American ungulates) -- Mammalia. (perissodactyls) horses, tapirs, and rhinos -- Mammalia. (artiodactyls) elotheriums, peccaries (pigs), pecorans, chevrotains, oreodonts, camels, deer and bison -- Mammalia. (edentates) glyptodonts (armadillos) and ground sloths -- Mammalia. (marine) porpoises, whales, seals, sea lions, walrus, etc. -- Mammalia. (rodents) mice, rats, beavers, etc.