Fossils of the Hunsruck Slate - Marine Life in the Devonian

Klappentext This beautifully illustrated book describes a very famous fossil deposit: the Hunsr ck Slate of Germany. Zusammenfassung This beautifully illustrated book describes one of the most famous fossil deposits known. These fossils provide the most complete record available of life in the Devonian seas. Researchers and graduate students in palaeontology! geology and evolutionary biology will find this book valuable as well as amateur collectors and natural historians. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; Part I. The Hunsrück Slate: 1. Mining the Hunsrück Slate; 2. Geological setting; 3. Paleoecology and preservation; Part II. The Fossils: 4. Plants; 5. Sponges to bryozoans; 6. Annelids and arthropods; 7. Echinoderms; 8. Vertebrates; 9. Trace fossils; Part III. Techniques and Future Research: 10. Collecting and preparing Hunsrück Slate fossils; 11. Modern analytical techniques and future research; taxa recorded from the Hunsrück Slate; Bibliography; Index.

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• Authors: Christoph Bartels, Christoph Briggs Bartels, G]nther Brassel, G-Nther Brassel, Derek E. G. Briggs
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.07.2009
• EAN: 9780521117074
• ISBN: 978-0-521-11707-4
• No. of pages: 324
• Series: Cambridge Paleobiology
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Palaeontology