| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
xx, 384 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-348) and index. |
| Contents |
Thaw : Northern Plain, Alaska, USA - Pleistocene -- Origins : Kanapoi, Kenya - Pliocene -- Deluge : Gargono, Italy - Miocene -- Homeland : Tinguiririca, Chile - Oligocene -- Cycles : Seymour Island, Antarctica - Eocene -- Rebirth : Hell Creek, Montana, USA - Paleocene -- Signals : Yixian, Liaoning, China - Cretaceous -- Foundation : Swabia, Germany - Jurassic -- Contingency : Madygen, Kyrgyzstan - Triassic -- Seasons : Moradi, Niger - Permian -- Fuel : Mazon Creek, Illinois, USA - Carboniferous -- Collaboration : Rhynie, Scotland, UK - Devonian -- Depths : Yaman-Kasy, Russia - Silurian -- Transformation : Soom, South Africa - Ordovician -- Consumers : Chengjiang, Yunnan, China - Cambrian -- Emergence : Ediacara Hills, Australia - Ediacaran -- Epilogue: a town called hope. |
| Summary |
Mining the most recent paleontological advances, a paleobiologist recreates sixteen extinct worlds, rendered with a novelist's eye for detail and drama, showing up close the intricate relationships of these ancient worlds. |
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The thought that something as vast as the Great Barrier Reef, with all its vibrant diversity, might one day soon be gone sounds improbable. But fossil record show that this sort of wholesale change is not only possible but has repeatedly happened throughout Earth history. Halliday makes sixteen fossil sites burst to life on the page as he explores the Earth as it used to exist, the changes that have occurred during its history, and the ways that life has found to adapt-- or not. He illustrates how ecosystems are formed; how species die out and are replaced; and how species migrate, adapt, and collaborate. In doing so, he tells us something about our current crisis. -- adapted from jacket |
| Subject |
Paleontology -- Popular works.
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Fossils -- Popular works.
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Paleoecology -- Popular works.
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Fossils. (OCoLC)fst00933164
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Paleoecology. (OCoLC)fst01051384
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Paleontology. (OCoLC)fst01051513
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| Genre/Form |
Popular works. (OCoLC)fst01423846
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| Added Title |
Other lands |
| ISBN |
9780593132883 (hardcover) |
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0593132882 (hardcover) |
| Standard No. |
9780593132883 |
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