Title:
Fossil
Author:
Edition:
Relaunch edition.
Paperback edition.
Publication Date:
2017
Publication Information:
New York, New York : DK Publishing, [2017]
©2017
Physical Description:
72 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm.
ISBN:
9781465462558
9781465462473
Abstract:
Discover what fossilized shells, bones, skulls, teeth, and plants tell us about the distant past.
General Note:
Includes index.
Contents:
Fossils-true and false -- The making of rocks -- Turning to stone -- Changing world -- Early paleontology -- Fossil folklore -- Fossils of the future -- Remarkable remains -- Corals -- Seabed dwellers -- Shell shapes - Mighty mollusks -- Animals in armor -- Arms and spines -- Fish -- Plants pioneers -- Fossil fuels -- Our of the water -- On to the land -- Sea-dragons -- Fossil giants -- Dinosaur discovery -- Winged wonders -- Mammal variety -- A world apart -- Human fossils -- Living fossils -- Fossil hunting -- Did you know? -- Identifying fossils -- Find out more.
Language:
English