UID:
almahu_9948025579502882
Format:
1 online resource (213 p.)
ISBN:
1-281-98214-8
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9786611982140
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0-08-055788-0
Content:
No other single volume reference to the Jehol site and its fossils exists and nowhere is there such a collection of fine photos of the fossils concerned. This book has pieced together the most up-to-date information on the Jehol Biota, a place that has shown the world some of the most astonishing fossil finds including the first complete skeleton of Archaeopteryx in 1861, four-winged dinosaurs- many feathered ones, the first beaked bird, the first plants with flowers and fruits, and thousands of species of invertebrates. Authors shed new light on a number of interesting theoretical issues in e
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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Front Cover; The Jehol Fossils; Copyright Page; A Panorama of the Jehol Biota; Contents; Contributors; Chapter 1. Introduction; Chapter 2. Mesozoic Pompeii; Chapter 3. Gastropods; Chapter 4. Bivalves; Chapter 5. Conchostracans; Chapter 6. Ostracods; Chapter 7. Shrimps; Chapter 8. Insects and Spiders; Chapter 9. Fishes; Chapter 10. Amphibians; Chapter 11. Turtles; Chapter 12. Choristoderes; Chapter 13. Squamates; Chapter 14. Pterosaurs; Chapter 15. Dinosaurs; Chapter 16. Birds; Chapter 17. Mammals; Chapter 18. Charophytes; Chapter 19. Land Plants; Chapter 20. Angiosperms
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Chapter 21. Spores and PollenSelected References; List of Taxa; A Composite Picture of the Jehol Biota; Abbreviation of Institutions and Organizations
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-12-374173-4
Language:
English
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