by D J Bottjer (Author)
This photographically rich volume provides a synthetic overview of a wide sample of Lagerstatten from marine environments reaching back in time to the Precambrian, more than 500 million years ago. These occurrences of exceptional fossil preservation are providing scientists with a new source of evidence to understand how life has evolved in the Earth's oceans.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 424
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: 27 Sep 2002
ISBN 10: 0231102550
ISBN 13: 9780231102551