Fossilization
Understanding the Material Nature of Ancient Plants and Animals
$275.70
- Hardcover
288 pages
- Release Date
29 March 2021
Summary
An in-depth look at the latest breakthroughs in our understanding of the material record that deep time leaves behind.
Understanding the complex interplay of physical and chemical processes leading to fossilization is crucial to elucidating the 3800 million years of life on earth. And yet, the process of fossilization also leads to the loss of pivotal biological information, placing constraints on the very same understanding of ancient life it preserves. Over the last…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781421440217 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1421440210 |
| Author: | Victoria E. McCoy, Carole T. Gee, P. Martin Sander |
| Publisher: | Johns Hopkins University Press |
| Imprint: | Johns Hopkins University Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 288 |
| Release Date: | 29 March 2021 |
| Weight: | 522g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm x 24mm |
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Critics Review
What stood out is how readable these chapters are. [I] found that I could follow along with most chapters just fine. And some of this material is outright fascinating.
What stood out is how readable these chapters are. [I] found that I could follow along with most chapters just fine. And some of this material is outright fascinating.—Inquisitive Biologist
About The Author
Victoria E. McCoy
Carole T. Gee is an associate professor of paleontology at the University of Bonn. She is the editor of Plants in Mesozoic Time: Morphological Innovations, Phylogeny, Ecosystems.
Victoria E. McCoy is a visiting assistant professor of paleontology at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee.
P. Martin Sander is a professor of vertebrate paleontology at the University of Bonn. He is the coeditor of The Microstructure of Reptilian Tooth Enamel: Terminology, Function, and Phylogeny and, with Gee, Biology of the Sauropod Dinosaurs: Understanding the Life of Giants.
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