Author: Chester StockPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : La Brea Pits (Calif.)
Languages : en
Pages : 92
Book Description
Rancho La Brea
Author: Chester StockPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : La Brea Pits (Calif.)
Languages : en
Pages : 92
Book Description
Rancho La Brea
Author: Chester StockPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 134
Book Description
Los Angeles's La Brea Tar Pits and Hancock Park
Author: Cathy McNassorPublisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 9780738589152
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 34
Book Description
Trapped in Tar
Author: Caroline ArnoldPublisher: Independently Published
ISBN: 9781976862991
Category : Paleontology
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Text and photographs examine the work of scientists studying the fossil remains of prehistoric animals found in the La Brea tar pits.
Evolution of Fossil Ecosystems
Author: Paul SeldenPublisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 1840766239
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 289
Book Description
Evolution of Fossil Ecosystems describes all of the main Fossil Lagerstätten (sites of exceptional fossil preservation) from around the world in a chronological order. It covers the history of research, stratigraphy and taphonomy, main faunal and floral elements, and the palaeoecology of each site and gives a comparison with coeval sites around the w
Fossil Ecosystems of North America
Author: Paul SeldenPublisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 1840765070
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 283
Book Description
Most major recent advances in understanding the history of life on Earth have been through the study of exceptionally well preserved biotas (Fossil-Lagerstätten). These are windows on the history of life on Earth and can provide a fairly complete picture of the evolution of ecosystems through time. This book follows the success of Evolution of Fossil Ecosystems by the same authors which covered Fossil-Lagerstätten around the world. The success of the first book prompted this new book which draws on four localities from the original book and adds another ten, all located in North America. Following an introduction to Fossil-Lagerstätten, each chapter deals with a single fossil locality. Each chapter contains a brief introduction placing the Lagerstätte in an evolutionary context; there then follows a history of study of the locality; the background sedimentology, stratigraphy and palaeoenvironment; a description of the biota; discussion of the palaeoecology, and a comparison with other Lagerstätten of a similar age and/or environment. At the end of the book is an Appendix listing museums in which to see exhibitions of fossils from each locality and suggestions for visiting the sites.
Smilodon
Author: Lars WerdelinPublisher: JHU Press
ISBN: 1421425564
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 241
Book Description
The consummate guide to the ultimate sabertooth. Few animals spark the imagination as much as the sabertooth cat Smilodon. With their incredibly long canines, which hung like fangs past their jaws, these ferocious predators were first encountered by humans when our species entered the Americas. We can only imagine what ice age humans felt when they were confronted by a wild cat larger than a Siberian tiger. Because Smilodon skeletons are perennial favorites with museum visitors, researchers have devoted themselves to learning as much as possible about the lives of these massive cats. This volume, edited by celebrated academics, brings together a team of experts to provide a comprehensive and contemporary view of all that is known about Smilodon. The result is a detailed scientific work that will be invaluable to paleontologists, mammalogists, and serious amateur sabertooth devotees. The book • covers all major aspects of the animal's natural history, evolution, phylogenetic relationships, anatomy, biomechanics, and ecology • traces all three Smilodon species across both North and South America • brings together original, unpublished research with historical accounts of Smilodon's discovery in nineteenth-century Brazil The definitive reference on these iconic Pleistocene mammals, Smilodon will be cited by researchers for decades to come. Contributors: John P. Babiarz, Wendy J. Binder, Charles S. Churcher, Larisa R. G. DeSantis, Robert S. Feranec, Therese Flink, James L. Knight , Margaret E. Lewis, Larry D. Martin, H. Gregory McDonald, Julie A. Meachen, William C. H. Parr, Ashley R. Reynolds. Kevin L. Seymour, Christopher A. Shaw, C. S. Ware, Lars Werdelin, H. Todd Wheeler, Stephen Wroe, M. Aleksander Wysocki
Little Miss History Travels to La Brea Tar Pits & Museum
Author: Barbara Ann MojicaPublisher:
ISBN: 9780988503083
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 42
Book Description
Ever wonder about life in the Ice Age? Little Miss HISTORY travels back in time to LA BREA TAR PITS & MUSEUM in her eighth adventure of the award winning "Little Miss HISTORY Travels to" children's book series. Springs of liquid petroleum and a great lake of pitch, filled with exploding bubbles, once dotted the landscape of modern Los Angeles. At La Brea scientists discovered fossils of plants and animals like mammoths, sloths, and saber-tooth tigers that lived there thousands of years ago. The George C. Page Museum contains a glass-enclosed laboratory nicknamed the "Fish Bowl" where visitors can see scientists at work cleaning and categorizing current fossil discoveries. Visitors will discover wonders as they meander through the Pleistocene gardens, view an Ice Age film, and gaze down into the pits - but Be careful! Watch out for those tar seeps.
Ores and Orogenesis
Author: Jon E. SpencerPublisher:
ISBN: 9781891924101
Category : Geology, Structural
Languages : en
Pages : 618
Book Description
Rancho LA Brea
Author: John M. HarrisPublisher: Unknown Publisher
ISBN: 9780295963051
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 87
Book Description