M. J. Benton, P. S. Spencer

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Fossil Reptiles of Great Britain (eBook, PDF)

Beschreibung

This volume details all British sites that have yielded fossil reptiles, describing in detail the fifty most important localities and providing an extensive bibliography of everything published on British Fossil reptiles since 1676.

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• Größe: 67.21MB

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer Netherlands
• Seitenzahl: 386
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Dezember 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9789401105194
• Artikelnr.: 44182802

Rezensionen

The totality of coverage is breathtaking, and clearly this book will become the essential working tool of anyone wanting to make headway in reptile vertebrate palaeontology of the British Isles. - Geoscientist; This volume will be of enormous value to those trying to preserve our natural resources against the machinations of developers and local councils. - Geological Magazine.; Now there'll be no excuse for municipal rubbish dumpers or those modern Canutes, the coast protection engineers, to pretend ingnorance of the scientific value of quarries and rocky beaches. For fossil reptiles, at least, the evidence is now to hand in this information-packed volume...Anyone interested in prehistoric saurians will have a serendipitous wander through Fossil Reptiles of Great Britain, which goes beyond the wretchedly overexposed dinosaurs in its systematic revelation of the full wealth of our fossil record... - New Scientist; ...a volume full of information...well produced andlaid out...an excellent guide to reptile-rich localities... - Dinosaur Collectors' Club Newsletter; ...systematic revelation of the full wealth of our fossil record - New Scientist