Smithsonian Handbooks: Fossils
by Cyril Walker and David Ward
Smithsonian Handbooks: Fossils
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| Introduction |
6
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| Authors' Introduction |
6
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| How this Book Works |
9
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| What is a Fossil? |
10
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| Modes of Preservation |
12
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| Geological time Chart |
14
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| Where To Look |
16
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| Collecting Fossils |
18
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| Preparing Your Collection |
20
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| From Hobby to Science |
22
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| Fossil Identification Key |
24
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| Invertebrates |
32
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| Foraminifera |
32
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| Sponges |
33
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| Bryozoa |
36
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| Worms |
40
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| Trace Fossils |
42
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| Problematica |
43
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| Graptolites |
45
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| Corals |
50
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| Trilobites |
56
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| Crustacea |
66
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| Chelicerata |
73
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| Insects |
76
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| Brachiopods |
79
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| Bivalves |
94
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| Scaphopods & Chitons |
114
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| Gastropods |
115
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| Nautiloids |
134
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| Ammonoidea |
141
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| Ammonites |
145
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| Belemnites & Squids |
161
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| Crinoids |
166
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| Echinoids |
175
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| Asteroids |
186
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| Ophiuroidea |
189
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| Blastoids |
190
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| Cystoids |
191
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| Carpoids |
193
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| Vertebrates |
194
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| Agnathans |
194
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| Placoderms |
196
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| Chondrichthyans |
198
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| Acanthodians |
208
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| Osteichthyans |
209
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| Amphibians |
221
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| Anapsid Reptiles |
225
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| Diapsid Reptiles |
231
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| Dinosaurs |
245
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| Synapsid Reptiles |
255
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| Birds |
258
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| Mammals |
263
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| Plants |
286
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| Algae |
286
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| Early Land Plants |
289
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| Hepatophytes |
290
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| Sphenopsids |
290
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| Ferns |
292
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| Lycopods |
294
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| Pteridosperms |
295
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| Bennettites |
300
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| Progymnosperms |
300
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| Cordaitales |
301
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| Conifers |
301
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| Ginkgos |
307
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| Dicotyledonous Angiosperms |
307
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| Monocotyledonous Angiosperms |
311
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| Glossary |
312
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| Index |
317
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| Acknowledgements |
320
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