Travels with Trilobites : : Adventures in the Paleozoic /

Travels with Trilobites : : Adventures in the Paleozoic / / Andy Secher.

Trilobites were some of the most successful and versatile organisms ever to exist. Among the earliest forms of complex animal life, these hard-shelled marine invertebrates inhabited the primal seas of the Paleozoic Era. Their march through evolutionary time began in the Lower Cambrian, some 521 mill...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Columbia University Press Complete eBook-Package 2022
VerfasserIn:
Secher, Andy,
MitwirkendeR:
Eldredge, Niles,
Johnson, Kirk,
Norell, Mark,
Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [2022]
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Year of Publication:2022
Language:English
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Dedication
  • Contents
  • On the Space-Time Road with Trilobites
  • Our Planet’s Memory
  • The Collector’s Gene
  • PREFACE
  • INTRODUCTION
  • Trilobite Morphology
  • The First Trilobites
  • The Orders of Trilobites: Order from Chaos
  • 1. CAMBRIAN PERIOD: 541–485 MILLION YEARS AGO
  • Sakha Republic, Siberia: Roots of a Family Tree
  • The Paleozoic Era
  • Emu Bay Shale, Australia: Wonders Down Under
  • Snowball Earth
  • Chengjiang Biota, China: Mountains and Mole Hills
  • Cambrian Time Machine
  • Latham Shale, California: Trilobite Gold
  • Trilobites on Land
  • Burgess Shale, British Columbia, Canada: Cradle of Early Life
  • The Paradoxides Paradox: The Case for Plate Tectonics
  • Jince Formation, Czech Republic: A Bohemian Rhapsody
  • Rapid Reports
  • Cambrian Trilobite Photo Gallery
  • 2. ORDOVICIAN PERIOD: 485–444 MILLION YEARS AGO
  • Asery Horizon, Volkhov River, Russia: From Russia with Bugs
  • Ventral Trilobite Preservation
  • Walcott/Rust Quarry, New York: Where Legends Are Born
  • Trilobite Soft-Tissue Preservation
  • Fillmore Formation, Utah: America’s Trilobite Paradise
  • Trilobite Eggs
  • Valongo Formation, Portugal: Land of the Giants
  • Rapid Reports
  • Ordovician Trilobite Photo Gallery
  • 3. SILURIAN PERIOD: 444–419 MILLION YEARS AGO
  • Rochester Shale, Middleport, New York: Unlocking Silurian Secrets
  • Trilobite Feeding Behavior
  • Wren’s Nest, Dudley, England: Crown Jewel of the Trilobite Kingdom
  • Sexual Dimorphism in Trilobites
  • Anticosti Island, Quebec: A Trilobite Treasure Trove
  • Rapid Reports
  • Silurian Trilobite Photo Gallery
  • 4. DEVONIAN PERIOD: 419–359 MILLION YEARS AGO
  • Moroccan Trilobites: Treasures from the Desert
  • Trilobite Enrollment
  • Trilobite Pathology and Predation
  • Trilobites of Bolivia: Sky High in the Andes
  • Trilobite Spines
  • Haragan Formation, Oklahoma: One Man’s Passion
  • Trilobite Molting Behavior
  • Silica Shale, Ohio: Trilobites from the Heartland
  • Trilobite Eyes
  • Rapid Reports
  • Devonian Trilobite Photo Gallery
  • 5. CARBONIFEROUS/PERMIAN PERIODS: 359–252 MILLION YEARS AGO
  • New Mexico and Kazakhstan: The Demise of Trilobites
  • Trilobite Multiplicity
  • Trilobite Descendants
  • Rapid Reports
  • Carboniferous Trilobite Photo Gallery
  • 6. TRILOBITE THOUGHTS AND OBSERVATIONS
  • The Truth About Trilobite Collectors
  • Finding a Trilobite
  • Fossil Shows Around the World
  • Trilobite Restrictions: Rules and Regulations
  • Trilobite Values
  • Acquiring a Trilobite
  • Curating a Trilobite Collection
  • Behind the Scenes at the American Museum of Natural History
  • Top Trilobite Museums
  • Prep Workers: Trilobite Transformers
  • Every Trilobite Tells a Story
  • Fake Trilobites
  • Trilobite Color Patterns
  • Trilobites in History
  • The Strangest Trilobites
  • Time and Trilobites
  • Final Thought
  • Acknowledgments
  • Glossary
  • Index

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