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Fossils for kids : an introduction to paleontology  Cover Image Book Book

Fossils for kids : an introduction to paleontology / Dan R. Lynch.

Lynch, Dan R., (author.).

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  • ISBN: 1591939399
  • ISBN: 9781591939399
  • ISBN: 9781591939399
  • ISBN: 1591939399
  • Physical Description: 188 pages : color illustrations ; 18 cm
  • Publisher: Cambridge, Minnesota : Adventure Publications, [2020]

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Formatted Contents Note:
All about fossils -- Types of fossils -- Fossils, then and now -- About rocks -- How do bones and plants get inside rocks? -- Cells and fossilization -- Other ways fossils can form -- What are fossils made out of? -- Sedimentary rocks that can have fossils in them -- Ancient life and extinction -- Rock layers tell a story -- Animal Fossils. Dinosaurs ; Reptiles ; Amphibians ; Fish ; Sharks ; Gastropods ; Brachiopods and bivalves ; Crustaceans ; Coral and bryozoans ; Crinoids and blastoids ; Trilobites ; Ammonites, baculites, orthoceras, nautilus, and belemnites ; Eurypterids ; Sea sponges, algae, and stromatolites ; Echinoderms ; Insects, arachnids, and myriapods ; Mammals -- Plant fossils and amber. Ferns and horsetails ; Palms ; Leaves, stems, and other plant fossils ; Ginkgo trees ; Conifers and pine cones ; Petrified wood ; Amber -- Microfossils, trace fossils, hydrocarbons, coal, and pseudofossils. Microfossils ; Trace fossils ; Hydrocarbons ; Coal ; Pseudofossils -- Can I collect fossils everywhere? -- How do I stay safe when fossil collecting? -- Where to look -- How to spot fossils in nature -- Signs of fossils that you should look for -- How do you collect fossils? -- How scientists collect fossils -- Identifying fossils -- Rock shops and buying fossils -- Replicas -- Fake fossils.
Summary, etc.:
Beginner's guide to palentology. Includes how and where fossils form, types of fossils, and how to collect them legally.
Subject: Fossils > Juvenile literature.
Paleontology > Juvenile literature.
Fossils.
Paleontology.
Genre: Informational works.

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