A Story of the Rocks and Their Record of Prehistoric Life
by Harvey C. Markman
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About this eBook
- Author
- Markman, Harvey C., 1881-1969
- Title
- Fossils: A Story of the Rocks and Their Record of Prehistoric Life
- Credits
- Produced by Stephen Hutcheson and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- QH: Science: Natural history
- Subject
- Fossils
- Category
- Text
- Project Gutenberg
- eBook-No. 55168
- Release Date
- July 22, 2017
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.FOSSILS A Story of the Rocks and Their Record of Prehistoric Life
- 2.CONTENTS — LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS — FOSSILS
- 3.INTRODUCTION
- 4.THE PREHISTORIC RECORD — VARIETIES OF FOSSILS — FOSSILIZATION — FLORAS AND FAUNAS — FORMATIONS — GEOLOGICAL TIME — EXPLANATION OF THE TIME CHART — THE GEOLOGICAL SECTION — Denver and Arapahoe. — Laramie. — Fox Hills. — Pierre. — Niobrara. — Benton. — Dakota. — Morrison. — Lykins. — Lyons. — Fountain.
- 5.BEFORE THE AGE OF REPTILES — THE PRE-CAMBRIAN COMPLEX — CAMBRIAN LIFE — THE ORDOVICIAN RECORD — SILURIAN EVENTS — DEVONIAN PROGRESS — CARBONIFEROUS FORESTS — PERMIAN HARDSHIPS
- 6.THE AGE OF REPTILES — DINOSAURS — PLANT LIFE AND CLIMATE — COAL AND FOSSIL FOOTPRINTS — MESOZOIC INVERTEBRATES — EXTINCT BIRDS — ANCESTORS OF THE MAMMALS
- 7.THE AGE OF MAMMALS — PREHISTORIC HORSES — MASTODONS AND MAMMOTHS — THE RANCHO LA BREA FOSSIL PITS
- 8.THE AGE OF MAN
- 9.SUPPLEMENTARY READING — MAPS
- 10.Transcriber’s Notes
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