Fossils
By: written by Douglas Palmer.
Edition: 2nd American ed.
Series: DK pockets; Pockets
Publisher: Dorling Kindersley Pub.
Published: 2004
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 160
Subjects: Fossils -- Juvenile literature.; Dinosaurs -- Juvenile literature.; Fossils.; Dinosaurs.; Paleontology.
Genres: Juvenile literature.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: How to use this book; title: Introduction; title: What is a fossil?; title: Where fossils are found; title: True and false; title: How fossils are formed; title: Sedimentation; title: Moving continents; title: Time periods; title: Fossil fuels; title: Digging out; title: Reconstructing the past; title: Using fossils; title: Learning from fossils; title: Discoveries and problems; title: Classification; title: Living fossils; title: Invertebrates; title: Earliest fossils; title: Sponges; title: Corals; title: Worms; title: Brachiopods; title: Bryozoans; title: Bivalves; title: Gastropods; title: Nautiloids; title: Ammonoids; title: Belemnites; title: Early arthropods; title: Trilobites; title: Crustaceans; title: Insects and spiders 76; title: Sea stars; title: Sea urchins; title: Sea lilies; title: Graptolites; title: Vertebrates; title: Conodonts; title: Jawless fish; title: Early jawed fish; title: Modern fish; title: Early amphibians; title: Modern amphibians; title: Early reptiles; title: Mammal-like reptiles; title: Dinosaurs; title: Marine reptiles; title: Flying reptiles; title: Surviving reptiles; title: Birds; title: Mammals; title: Hominoids and hominids; title: Plants; title: Paleozoic; title: Mesozoic; title: Cenozoic; title: Reference; title: Classification of life; title: Fossil hunters; title: Fossil locations; title: Equipment and tools; title: Collecting fossils.