Palaeontology
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Palaeontology
Paperback. On this blue planet, long before pterodactyls took to the skies and tyrannosaurs prowled the continents, tiny green organisms populated the ancient oceans. The author traces the history of these verdant organisms, which many would call plants, from their ancient beginnings to the diversity of green life that inhabits the Earth today. Num Pages: 576 pages, 121 halftones, 31 line drawings, 4 tables. BIC Classification: PST; RBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 173 x 29. Weight in Grams: 846.
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226069777
- ISBN
- 9780226069777
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.99€ 39.20
€ 49.99
€ 39.20
Hardback. How does bison meat taste after being frozen for 30,000 years? Were Ice Age cave painters trying to create "art" or just record history? How did ancient oil spills occur, before oil companies existed? Those are just some of the questions renowned paleontologist Bjorn Kurten answers in these lighthearted essays on fossils, ancient life, and related topics. Num Pages: 121 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: RBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 16. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1986
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 121
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231059787
- ISBN
- 9780231059787
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 57.48€ 45.44
€ 57.48
€ 45.44
Hardback. More than three hundred million years ago, vertebrate animals first ventured onto land. This book describes how some finned vertebrates acquired limbs, giving rise to over 25,000 extant tetrapod species. It summarizes key concepts of modern paleontological research, including biological nomenclature, and paleontological and molecular dating. Num Pages: 216 pages, 21 b/w photographs, 68 line illustrations, 2 maps, 3 tables. BIC Classification: RBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 159 x 16. Weight in Grams: 530. 216 pages, Illustrations, maps. More than three hundred million years ago, vertebrate animals first ventured onto land. This book describes how some finned vertebrates acquired limbs, giving rise to over 25,000 extant tetrapod species. It summarizes key concepts of modern paleontological research, including biological nomenclature, and paleontological and molecular dating. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: RBX. Dimension: 236 x 159 x 16. Weight: 526.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520266476
- ISBN
- 9780520266476
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 81.62€ 63.14
€ 81.62
€ 63.14
Hardcover. 688 pages, Illustrations (some col.). Suitable for osteologists, archaeologists, anatomists, forensic scientists and paleontologists, this book offers practical information on accurately identifying, recovering, and analysing and reporting on human skeletal remains and on making correct deductions from those remains. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: HDW; MFC; MMQ; RBX. Dimension: 278 x 221 x 42. Weight: 2390.
- Publisher
- Academic Press
- Number of pages
- 688
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780123741349
- ISBN
- 9780123741349
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 97.79
€ 97.79
Hardback. .
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319466446
- ISBN
- 9783319466446
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.08€ 79.01
€ 127.08
€ 79.01
Paperback. This highly accessible introduction to dinosaurs places scientific method at the crux of the studies, teaching students about scientific research and principles as they learn about dinosaurs. Num Pages: 576 pages, 79 illustrations. BIC Classification: RBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 272 x 218 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1734.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2nd
- Number of pages
- 576
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405134132
- ISBN
- 9781405134132
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 76.82
€ 76.82
Paperback. * New work on the classification of the major phyla (in particular brachiopods and molluscs) has been incorporated. * The section on trace fossils is extensively rewritten. * The author has taken care to involve specialists in the major groups, to ensure the taxonomy is as up--to--date and accurate as possible. Num Pages: 468 pages, 201 illustrations. BIC Classification: RBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 245 x 188 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1272.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 468
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- 4th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780632052387
- ISBN
- 9780632052387
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 76.82
€ 76.82
Hardback. This book places into modern context the information by which North American mammalian paleontologists recognize, divide, calibrate, and discuss intervals of mammalian evolution known as North American Land Mammal Ages. Editor(s): Woodburne, Michael O. Num Pages: 400 pages, 33 illus. BIC Classification: RBGH; RBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 280 x 216 x 32. Weight in Grams: 1316.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231130400
- ISBN
- 9780231130400
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 171.70
€ 171.70
Late Paleocene-Early Eocene Biotic and Climatic Events in the Marine a...
. Ed(S): Aubrey, Marie-Pierre; Lucas, Spencer...
Hardback. This book is a comprehensive collection of the best scholarship available on the transition between the Paleocene and Eocene epochs-when the earth experienced the warmest climatic episode of the Cenozoic era. These 21 contributions detail the major turnover among marine and terrestrial organisms that resulted from sudden global warming. Editor(s): Aubrey, Marie-Pierre; Lucas, Spencer G.; Berggren, William A. Num Pages: 508 pages, 154 illus, 34 photo. BIC Classification: RBG; RBX; WNA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 280 x 216 x 34. Weight in Grams: 1679.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 508
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231102384
- ISBN
- 9780231102384
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 203.95
€ 203.95
Paperback. A magisterial exploration of the natural history of the first four thousand million years of life on and in the earth, by one of Britain's most dazzling science writers. Num Pages: 416 pages, 24pp illustrations. BIC Classification: PD; PSAJ; RBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 132 x 21. Weight in Grams: 334. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Flamingo
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KKD0001336
- ISBN
- 9780006384205
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Hardback. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: PS; RBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 160 x 27. Weight in Grams: 699.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804720014
- ISBN
- 9780804720014
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 109.40
€ 109.40
Paperback. Richly illustrated with photographs and drawings, this is the first book to focus on British Columbia's fossils. Editor(s): Ludvigsen, Rolf. Num Pages: 320 pages, 135ill. BIC Classification: 1KBC; RBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 4039. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- SKU
- V9780774805780
- ISBN
- 9780774805780
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 39.72
€ 44.99
€ 39.72
paperback. Knoll explores the deep history of life from its origins on a young planet to the incredible Cambrian explosion, with the very latest discoveries in paleontology integrated with emerging insights from molecular biology and earth system science. 100 illustrations. Series: Princeton Science Library. Num Pages: 288 pages, 8 color illus. 25 halftones. 47 line illus. BIC Classification: PDZ; PSAJ; RBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 218 x 139 x 24. Weight in Grams: 298.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780691165530
- ISBN
- 9780691165530
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 13.48
€ 24.99
€ 13.48
Paperback. Histories of the Darwinian revolution have often paid more attention to theoretical debates than to the researchers who struggled to comprehend the deeper evolutionary significance of fossils. This is an account of evolutionary morphology and its relationship with palaeontology and biogeography. Series: Science & Its Conceptual Foundations S. Num Pages: 530 pages, 35 halftones, 20 line drawings. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; PSAJ; RBX; RGM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 156 x 230 x 29. Weight in Grams: 746.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 2
- Number of pages
- 530
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226069227
- ISBN
- 9780226069227
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 32.65
€ 41.99
€ 32.65
Paperback. A controversial challenge to current views of evolution, for the general reader. Num Pages: 488 pages, 50 b/w illus. BIC Classification: PDA; PDZ; RBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 32. Weight in Grams: 704. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- SKU
- KOC0010929
- ISBN
- 9780521603256
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 25.00
€ 25.00
Hardcover. This book explores the bio-molecular aspects of avian biology as well as the anatomy of dinosaurs. It bridges the gap between those who study bird fossils and those who study the living animals. The first section reviews the early ancestry of birds and the conditions under which they and their nearest relatives diversified in the Cretaceous. Editor(s): Dyke, Gareth; Kaiser, Gary W. Num Pages: 440 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: PSVW6; RBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 253 x 193 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1222.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 440
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470656662
- ISBN
- 9780470656662
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 107.54
€ 107.54
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Texas A&M University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780890966747
- ISBN
- 9780890966747
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.89
€ 27.89
Paperback. This monograph describes early Ordovician (Ibexian:Tremadocian early Floian) trilobites from Northern Spitsbergen from the section through the Kirtonryggen Formation adjacent to Hinlopen Strait. Series: Fossils and Strata Monograph Series. Num Pages: 120 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: RBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 277 x 210 x 5. Weight in Grams: 306.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 120
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9781118825396
- ISBN
- 9781118825396
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.56
€ 48.56
Hardcover. Over millions of years, Australia's biodiversity has produced a large cabinet of curiosities. Among the weirder members of this group were the Mihirungs, members of the extinct family Dromornithidae. This book is the study of this diverse group. Series: Life of the Past. Num Pages: 259 b&w photos, 1 bibliog., 1 index. BIC Classification: RBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 188 x 261 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1060.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253342829
- ISBN
- 9780253342829
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.88
€ 54.88
Hardback. Considers really big animals and how they lived Illustrator(s): Tambusso, Sebastian. Series: Life of the Past. Num Pages: 448 pages, 11 color illus., 237 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1KLS; RBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 285 x 224 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1520.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253002303
- ISBN
- 9780253002303
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 74.27
€ 74.27