| Edition |
Revised edition. |
| Description |
72 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps, portraits (some color) ; 28 cm. |
| Series |
DK eyewitness books |
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DK eyewitness books.
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| Note |
Includes index. |
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"Discover what fossilized shells, bones, skulls, teeth, and plants tellus about earlier eras"--Cover. |
| Contents |
Fossils--true and false -- Making of rocks -- Turning to stone -- Changing world -- Early paleontology -- Fossil folklore -- Fossils of the future -- Remarkable remains -- Corals -- Sea bed dwellers -- Shells of all shapes -- Intelligent mollusks -- Animals in armor -- Arms and spines -- Fishes -- Plants--the pioneers -- Fossil fuels -- Out of the water -- Onto the land -- Sea dragons -- Fossil giants -- Discovering dinosaurs -- Winged wonders -- Mammal variety -- World apart -- Human fossils -- Living fossils -- Fossil hunting -- Did you know? -- Identifying fossils -- Find out more -- Glossary -- Index. |
| Summary |
A photo essay about different types of fossils, from bacteria and algae to birds and mammals. New Look! Relaunched with new jackets and 8 pages of new text! Here is an original and exciting new look at fossils - the remains of long-vanished animals and plants. Stunning real-life photographs of the spectacular remains of ancient lives offer a unique "eyewitness" view of what fossils are, how they were formed, and how they lived millions of years ago. See pearls that are 50 million years old, a dinosaur's toe, a troublesome "snake" that was turned to stone, a fossilized human being, and a snail made of precious stones. Learn how fossils are formed, how trilobites have been preserved for 590 million years, where to look for a belemnite, and how fossils helped the pharaohs of ancient Egypt. Discover which are the most precious fossils in the world, where ammonites lived, how big mammoths were, what a devil's toenail looks like, and much, much more. Annotation. Learn how fossils are formed, how trilobites have been preserved for 590 million years, where to look for a belemnite, and how fossils helped the pharaohs of ancient Egypt. Discover which are the most precious fossils in the world, where ammonites lived, how big mammoths were, what a devil's toenail looks like, and much, much more. |
| Study Program |
Accelerated Reader AR MG 8.2 1.0 17223. |
| Subject |
Fossils -- Juvenile literature.
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Paleontology -- Juvenile literature.
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Fossils.
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Paleontology.
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| Added Author |
Keates, Colin, illustrator.
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| Added Title |
Fossil |
| ISBN |
0756606829 hardcover |
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9780756606824 hardcover |
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0756606810 library binding |
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9780756606817 library binding |
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