Author: Spencer G. Lucas
Publisher: New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science
ISBN:
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 50
Book Description
Triassic New Mexico
Author: Spencer G. Lucas
Publisher: New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science
ISBN:
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 50
Book Description
Publisher: New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science
ISBN:
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 50
Book Description
Fossils of New Mexico
Author: Barry S. Kues
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
Because almost every part of New Mexico is rich in fossils, collectors from all over the Land of Enchantment will want to own this useful book, the first authoritative and well-illustrated guide to the state's fossils. It provides a nontechnical introduction to the basic principles of studying and collecting fossils along with a guide to the kinds of fossils one is likely to find within the state. The author's advice on collecting fossils ranges from the minutely practical--how to carry your specimens home and prepare them--to the ethics of collecting. He defines and explains the nature of fossils and fossilization, the study of paleontology, and the kinds of rocks in which fossils are found. He explains the geologic time scale and the significance of fossils to understanding the history of life, and describes the main groups of vertebrate, invertebrate, and plant fossils and their classification. The longest section of the book is a guide to New Mexico fossils of each geologic period. For every period represented in the state's rocks, Kues provides a summary of important paleontologic events, a map showing the distribution of outcrops, and a general description of the types of fossils one is likely to find in strata of the period. More than 500 common and characteristic fossil genera are illustrated to facilitate identification of fossils observed or collected in rocks of each age.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
Because almost every part of New Mexico is rich in fossils, collectors from all over the Land of Enchantment will want to own this useful book, the first authoritative and well-illustrated guide to the state's fossils. It provides a nontechnical introduction to the basic principles of studying and collecting fossils along with a guide to the kinds of fossils one is likely to find within the state. The author's advice on collecting fossils ranges from the minutely practical--how to carry your specimens home and prepare them--to the ethics of collecting. He defines and explains the nature of fossils and fossilization, the study of paleontology, and the kinds of rocks in which fossils are found. He explains the geologic time scale and the significance of fossils to understanding the history of life, and describes the main groups of vertebrate, invertebrate, and plant fossils and their classification. The longest section of the book is a guide to New Mexico fossils of each geologic period. For every period represented in the state's rocks, Kues provides a summary of important paleontologic events, a map showing the distribution of outcrops, and a general description of the types of fossils one is likely to find in strata of the period. More than 500 common and characteristic fossil genera are illustrated to facilitate identification of fossils observed or collected in rocks of each age.
Dinosaurs of New Mexico
Author: Spencer G. Lucas
Publisher: New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science
ISBN:
Category : Dinosaurs
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
Publisher: New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science
ISBN:
Category : Dinosaurs
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
Vertebrate Paleontology in New Mexico
Author: Spencer G. Lucas
Publisher: New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 447
Book Description
Publisher: New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 447
Book Description
The Age of Dinosaurs
Author: Spencer G. Lucas
Publisher: New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 88
Book Description
Publisher: New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 88
Book Description
Dinosaurs of New Mexico
Dinosaurs and Other Reptiles from the Mesozoic of Mexico
Author: Héctor E. Rivera-Sylva
Publisher: Indiana University Press
ISBN: 0253012716
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 233
Book Description
This overview of dinosaur discoveries in Mexico synthesizes current information about the geography and environment of the region during the Mesozoic when it was the western margin of the ancient continent of Pangea. The book summarizes research on various groups, including turtles, lepidosauromorphs, plesiosaurs, crocodyliforms, pterosaurs, and last but not least, dinosaurs. In addition, chapters focus on trackways and other trace fossils and on K/P boundary (the Chicxulub crater, beneath the Gulf of Mexico, has been hypothesized as the site of the boloid impact that killed off the dinosaurs). Dinosaurs and Other Reptiles from the Mesozoic of Mexico is an up-to-date, informative volume on an area that has not been comprehensively described until now.
Publisher: Indiana University Press
ISBN: 0253012716
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 233
Book Description
This overview of dinosaur discoveries in Mexico synthesizes current information about the geography and environment of the region during the Mesozoic when it was the western margin of the ancient continent of Pangea. The book summarizes research on various groups, including turtles, lepidosauromorphs, plesiosaurs, crocodyliforms, pterosaurs, and last but not least, dinosaurs. In addition, chapters focus on trackways and other trace fossils and on K/P boundary (the Chicxulub crater, beneath the Gulf of Mexico, has been hypothesized as the site of the boloid impact that killed off the dinosaurs). Dinosaurs and Other Reptiles from the Mesozoic of Mexico is an up-to-date, informative volume on an area that has not been comprehensively described until now.
The Age of Dinosaurs in New Mexico
Author: Spencer G. Lucas
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780692006610
Category : Dinosaurs
Languages : en
Pages : 84
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780692006610
Category : Dinosaurs
Languages : en
Pages : 84
Book Description
The Paleontology of New Mexico
Author: Barry S. Kues
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 460
Book Description
This comprehensive survey of the fossil record of New Mexico catalogs the plants and animals of the area for the past 500 million years from Precambrian time through the Pleistocene Era.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 460
Book Description
This comprehensive survey of the fossil record of New Mexico catalogs the plants and animals of the area for the past 500 million years from Precambrian time through the Pleistocene Era.
The Big Book of What, How, and why
Author: Bob Strauss
Publisher: Sterling/Main Street
ISBN: 9781402729003
Category : Children's questions and answers
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Publisher: Sterling/Main Street
ISBN: 9781402729003
Category : Children's questions and answers
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description