Showing posts with label Paleontology. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Paleontology. Show all posts

Aug 13, 2019

390 - Brachiopods around the Permian-Triassic Boundary of South China

Brachiopods around the Permian-Triassic Boundary of South China (New Records of the Great Dying in South China) by Wei-Hong He (Editor), G. R. Shi (Editor), Ke-Xin Zhang (Editor), Ting-Lu Yang (Editor), Shu-Zhong Shen (Editor), Yang Zhang (Editor)

This timely book documents marvelous brachiopod fossils from the Palaeozoic-Mesozoic transition of South China.

Aug 9, 2019

Patrons of Paleontology

Patrons of Paleontology: How Government Support Shaped a Science by Jane P. Davidson (Author)

In the 19th and early 20th centuries, North American and European governments generously funded the discoveries of such famous paleontologists and geologists as Henry de la Beche, William Buckland, Richard Owen, Thomas Hawkins, Edward Drinker Cope, O. C. Marsh, and Charles W. Gilmore.

Cambrian Ocean World

Cambrian Ocean World: Ancient Sea Life of North America by John Foster (Author)

The Cambrian is our origination story; the species fossilized in the rocks are our "founding fathers." We can follow their story (and ours) through more than half a billion years of time.