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Palaeontology
Drawing from sources across the field of bone histology, Chinsamy-Turan paints a holistic view of the current state of the science and presents a fresh perspective on the relevance of the field to understanding the Dinosauria. Num Pages: 216 pages, 41, 41 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: RBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 681.
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801881206
- ISBN
- 9780801881206
Condition: New
€ 115.99
€ 115.99
Hardcover. The landscape of southwestern Wyoming around the ghost town of Fossil is beautiful but harsh. But during the early Eocene, more than fifty million years ago, it was a subtropical lake, surrounded by volcanoes and forests and teeming with life. Lavishly produced in full color, this title opens a window onto our planet's long-lost past. Num Pages: 400 pages, 243 colour plates, 1 halftone, 2 line drawings, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBWY; PSAF; RBGF; RBKF; RBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 255 x 199 x 35. Weight in Grams: 1772.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226922966
- ISBN
- 9780226922966
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 44.14
€ 52.99
€ 44.14
Hardback. 8vo. Good clean copy
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- First U. S. Edition
- SKU
- KEX0265183
- ISBN
- 9780520233690
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 45.00
€ 45.00
Hardback. The breakup of the Pangean super-continent in the Triassic-Jurassic age left great rift basins with a record of the physical and biological conditions of the time. This title discusses the data concerning structural geology, tectonics and colcanisms of CAM. Editor(s): LeTourneau, Peter M.; Olsen, Paul E. Num Pages: 240 pages, 93 line, 10 H/T. BIC Classification: 1KB; 3B; RBG; RBX; RGBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 280 x 216 x 19. Weight in Grams: 908.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231111621
- ISBN
- 9780231111621
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 147.76
€ 147.76
Hardback. Focuses on the 46-million-year Ordovician Period (489-443 my), when a bewildering array of adaptive radiations of Paleozoic and Modern-type biotas appeared in marine habitats, the first animals (arthropods) walked on land, and the first non-vascular bryophyte-like plants colonized terrestrial areas with damp environments. Editor(s): Webby, B.D.; Paris, Florentin; Droser, Mary L.; Percival, Ian G. Series: The Critical Moments and Perspectives in Earth History and Paleobiology. Num Pages: 496 pages, 140 illus. BIC Classification: RBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 287 x 222 x 31. Weight in Grams: 1384.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 496
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231126786
- ISBN
- 9780231126786
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 194.12
€ 194.12
Hardback. Takes the reader on a journey through 150 years of scientific thinking, imagining, and arguing Series: Life of the Past. Num Pages: 440 pages, 25 b&w illus. BIC Classification: PDZ; RBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 162 x 30. Weight in Grams: 722.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 440
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780253006042
- ISBN
- 9780253006042
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.69
€ 47.69
Hardcover. From cave paintings to the latest Siberian finds, woolly mammoths have fascinated people across the world for centuries. In this volume the large mammal is reconstructed through its history in science, myth and popular culture. Translator(s): Rodarmor, William. Num Pages: 336 pages, 23 halftones, 46 line drawings. BIC Classification: PSVW7; RBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 578.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226112923
- ISBN
- 9780226112923
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 43.00€ 37.54
€ 43.00
€ 37.54
Hardback. This is a comprehensive 2005 book is simply the best textbook on dinosaurs available. Illustrator(s): Sibbick, John. Num Pages: 500 pages, 250 b/w illus. BIC Classification: RBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 49. Weight in Grams: 1474.
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 500
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- 2nd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521811729
- ISBN
- 9780521811729
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 75.13
€ 75.13
Paperback. Includes comprehensive coverage of dinosaur systematics, reproduction, and life history strategies, biogeography, taphonomy, paleoecology, thermoregulation, and extinction. This book offers documentation of dinosaur distribution through time and space, and discussion of the interface between geology and biology. Editor(s): Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; Osmolska, Halszka. Num Pages: 880 pages, 330 line illustrations, 28 tables. BIC Classification: RBX; WNA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 276 x 52. Weight in Grams: 2460.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 880
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520254084
- ISBN
- 9780520254084
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 58.53€ 49.85
€ 58.53
€ 49.85
Paperback. Series: Fossils and Strata Monograph S. Num Pages: 212 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: RBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 277 x 216 x 13. Weight in Grams: 762.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd Norway
- Edition
- Number 40
- Number of pages
- 212
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788200376606
- ISBN
- 9788200376606
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 71.70
€ 71.70
Paperback. This portrait of the cave bear conveys facts about this animal, including its structure, habits, and society, the Ice Age environment, sexual and racial variations, and extinction. The text also details the relationship between man and bear, and theories surrounding bear-hunting and bear cults. Num Pages: 163 pages, 46 illus. BIC Classification: PDX; PSVW7; RBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 317.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 163
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780231103619
- ISBN
- 9780231103619
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 25.02
€ 33.99
€ 25.02
Hardback. Highlighting the fascinating twists and turns of evolution across more than 540 million years, paleobiologist Matthew Bonnan uses everyday objects to explain the emergence and adaptation of the vertebrate skeleton. Series: Life of the Past. Num Pages: 528 pages, 223 b&w illus., 26 color illus. BIC Classification: MFC; MFG; PSAJ; RBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 191 x 262 x 42. Weight in Grams: 1326.
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 528
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253018328
- ISBN
- 9780253018328
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 78.70
€ 78.70
Hardcover. Offers a unique insider's perspective on the unfolding discovery of a crucial link in our evolution: Proconsul, a fossil ape named whimsically after a performing chimpanzee called Consul. Num Pages: 368 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: RBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 165 x 26. Weight in Grams: 482.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780674016750
- ISBN
- 9780674016750
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 40.33
€ 47.99
€ 40.33
Paperback. A survey of the entire ecological history of life on land--from the earliest traces of terrestrial organisms over 400 million years ago to the beginning of human agriculture. Num Pages: 588 pages, 31 line drawings, 9 maps, 7 haltones, 21 tables. BIC Classification: RBX; RNC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 154 x 230 x 34. Weight in Grams: 922.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 588
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226041551
- ISBN
- 9780226041551
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 59.72€ 50.90
€ 59.72
€ 50.90
Hardback. A collection of papers reviewing selected conservation Lagerstatten for terrestrial animals and plants throughout the Phanerozoic worldwide. The synthesis details recent progress in documenting the biodiversity of such extraordinary fossil deposits and elucidating the geological conditions for and biogeochemical processes behind their formation. Editor(s): Fraser, Nick; Sues, Hans-Dieter. Num Pages: 450 pages. BIC Classification: RBX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 260 x 200. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Publisher
- Dunedin Academic Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780460147
- ISBN
- 9781780460147
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 160.56
€ 160.56
Taphonomy of Human Remains: Forensic Analysis of the Dead and the Depo...
Eline M. J. Schotsmans (Ed.)
Hardcover. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: JHBK; JKVF1; PS; RBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 246 x 189. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118953327
- ISBN
- 9781118953327
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 124.35
€ 124.35
Paperback. Series: Princeton Science Library. Num Pages: 208 pages, 8 color plates. 15 halftones. 2 line illus. BIC Classification: RBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 141 x 216 x 16. Weight in Grams: 214.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Revised edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691169668
- ISBN
- 9780691169668
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 18.02
€ 23.99
€ 18.02
Hardback. Quaternary Paleoenvironments examines the drowned landscapes exposed as extensive and attractive territory for prehistoric human settlement during the Ice Ages of the Pleistocene, when sea levels dropped to 120m-135m below their current levels. Editor(s): Bailey, Geoff; Harff, Jan; Moura, Delminda; Flemming, Nicholas Coit. Num Pages: 536 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; RBGB; RBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 279 x 216. .
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118922132
- ISBN
- 9781118922132
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 115.07
€ 115.07
Paperback. Whether the fossil record should be read at face value or whether it presents a distorted view of the history of life is an argument seemingly as old as many fossils themselves. This book presents a critical framework for assessing the fossil record, one based on a modern understanding of the principles of sediment accumulation. Num Pages: 256 pages, 2 colour plates, 31 halftones, 19 line drawings. BIC Classification: RBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 229 x 16. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226649382
- ISBN
- 9780226649382
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 41.15
€ 52.99
€ 41.15
Paperback. Editor(s): McCarthy, Terence; Rubidge, Bruce. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: RBX; WNW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 176 x 241 x 17. Weight in Grams: 944.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Struik Publishers (Pty) Ltd South Africa
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781770071483
- ISBN
- 9781770071483
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 31.86
€ 33.99
€ 31.86