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By: Norman L. Gilinsky and Phillip W. Signor
Price: $35.00
Publisher: Knoxville, TN, University of Tennessee, Knoxville: 1991
Edition: 1st Edition
Inscription: No Signature
Seller ID: 000063
Condition: Very Good
Corners slightly bumped, some spotting on edge of pages, creasing on upper portion of spine. 13 articles on quantitative analysis in paleontology presented at a short course during the 1991 annual conference of the Paleontological Society. 216 pages. View more info
By: R. Bruce Hoadley
Price: $18.00
Publisher: Newtown, CT, The Taunton Press: 1990
Edition: 1st Edition
Inscription: No Signature
Seller ID: 000043
ISBN: 0942391047
Condition: Fine
One of the best books written on the identification of wood. Useful to the paleobotanist as well as the botanist. Detailed classification scheme utilizing microscopy to identify between species or genera. View more info
By: R. M. Jeffords and C. H. Stevens
Price: $70.00
Publisher: Humble Oil & Refining Company: 1959
Edition: 1st Edition
Inscription: No Signature
Seller ID: 000194
Condition: Good
Confidential geologic report, privately published. Printed wraps, cover and spine edges scuffed, cover shows some soiling. Inner covers reinforced by tape, title page detached from body but still attached to reinforcing tape. Reconnaissance study of paleontology in Alaska and Yukon as an aid to petroleum exploration. 127 pages, plus 4 foldout tables and 61 B&W plates of fossils with descriptive text. View more info
By: Donald E. Savage and Donald E. Russell
Price: $40.00
Publisher: Reading, Massachusetts, Addison-Wesley Publishing Company: 1983
Edition: 1st Edition
Inscription: No Signature
Seller ID: 000026
ISBN: 0201064944
Condition: Very Good
"(The authors) have organized a vast compendium of paleontologic, stratigraphic and geographic facts on mammalian faunas of the last 200 million years - a synthesis which has not been attempted in over 70 years. Emphasis is on fossil mammals and the application of the fossil - mammal record to studies in evolution, mammalogy, paleogeography, paleoecology, and stratigraphy, particularly with respect to the last 65 million years of the earth's history." From the publisher. Owner's signature inside. View more info
Price: $50.00
Publisher: Berkeley, California, University of California Press: 1985
Edition: 1st Edition
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Seller ID: 000033
ISBN: 0520096959
Condition: Near Fine
By: Lynne M. Clos
Price: $35.00
Publisher: Boulder, CO, Fossil News: 2008
Edition: 1st Edition
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Seller ID: 000031
ISBN: 0972441646
Condition: New
"What part has North America played in the history of life? How did our continent come to be, and how has it changed over time? What was it like during past ages? What were the climate and geography like, and what plants and animals lived here? Where can fossils from each age be found? And where are there public preserves where you can view the fossils in place? North America Through Time is an exciting journey through the history of life and the part our favorite continent has played in it all. Not a dry textbook, it is written for the general reader with a strong interest in science but no p... View more info
By: Joachim Barrande
Price: $200.00
Publisher: Prague, Czech Republic, Granit Publishing: 1999
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Seller ID: 000072
ISBN: 8085805820
Condition: As New
Reprint of 1852 Edition. In French. In cardboard slipcase. View more info
By: Ake Dahlstrom and Leif Brost
Price: $15.00
Publisher: Tucson, AZ, GeoScience Press, Inc.: 1996
Edition: 1st Edition
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Seller ID: 000021
ISBN: 0945005237
Condition: Very Good
Translated and updated from the original 1995 Swedish edition. "This book explains how amber is formed and describes its geologic setting in the Baltic region and elsewhere. The authors explore the role amber plays in the folklore of many cultures, and provides practical advice on how to care for amber jewelry, how to use it for lapidary purposes, and how to detect fake amber. Profusely illustrated, The Amber Book is a basic source of knowledge fro anyone who appreciates amber, including jewelry buyers and art collectors." From the publisher. Rubbed cover, pristine interior. View more info
Price: $100.00
Publisher: Berkeley, California, University of California Press: 1991
Edition: 1st Edition
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Seller ID: 000032
ISBN: 0520097661
Condition: Very Good
"The Buffalo Canyon flora of 69 species , dated at 18 Ma., comes from ashy diatomaceous shale in the lower Buffalo Canyon formation of western Nevada.... The fossil plants were transported by turbidity current into the lake in late summer or autumn." From the author's abstract. 22 plates and a geologic map in back pocket. Back cover is creased, otherwise in very good condition. View more info
By: Donald R. Prothero and Robert J. Emry
Price: $65.00
Publisher: New York, NY, Cambridge University Press: 1996
Edition: 1st Edition
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Seller ID: 000027
ISBN: 0521433878
Condition: Near Fine
"The first part of this book summarizes the latest information in dating and correlation of the strata of late middle Eocene through early Oligocene age in North America, including the latest insights from argon/argon dating and magnetic stratigraphy. The second part reviews almost all the impotant terrestrial reptiles and mammal found near the Eocene-Oligocene boundary in the White River Chronofauna,from the turtles, snakes, and lizards, to the common rodent, carnivores, artiodactyls, and perissodactyls. This is the first comprehensive treatment of these rocks in over sixty years." From the p... View more info
