National Audubon Society Pocket Guide to Familiar Fossils (Audubon Society Pocket Guides) - Softcover

NATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0394757912 ISBN 13: 9780394757919

Publisher: Knopf, 1988

Synopsis

Fossils are a fascinating but often overlooked part of the natural world around us. They can be found nearly everywhere, and knowing something about them gives us a glimpse of the landscapes and often strange living things that existed millions of years ago. This guide illustrates and describes 80 of the most abundant and striking fossils found in North America, representing 12 basic groups of plants and animals. This easy-to-use pocket guide is divided into three parts: introductory essays and a geologic time chart; illustrated accounts of the fossils; and appendices.

About this title

From the Inside Flap

se-view photographs and detailed descriptions of seashells fill the National Audubon Society Pocket Guide to Familiar Seashells of North America, yet the guide is designed to be slim enough for beach enthusiasts to easily bring along when beachcombing. This streamlined volume contains; a simple field guide covering 80 common seashells found in the North America from shores along the Pacific, the Gulf Coast and Atlantic, a basic overview of the shells divided into the three major groups--gastropods, chitons and bivalves, covering seashell features helpful in identification, tips on where to look for shells; the basic equipment useful in seashell-hunting and text on the different life cycles of the animals which inhabit them.
This pocket guide is brimming with information; detailed photographs and an illustrated table of various shell groups; information about the range and natural habitats of different seashells; the family and class each individual shell species belong to, facts for

About the Author

Puzzability, based in New York, includes Mike Shenk, who has written puzzles for "Games" magazine and its offshoots, and provided daily crosswords for a major newspaper syndicate. He is currently the crossword editor of "The Wall Street Journal"; Amy Goldstein, a trivia buff and wordsmith who has served as associate editor and managing editor for "Games" magazine and its sister publications; and Robert Leighton, an illustrator, writer, "New Yorker" cartoonist, and creator of unique visual puzzles.

Edition details

• Publisher: Knopf
• Publication date: 1988
• ISBN 10: 0394757912
• ISBN 13: 9780394757919
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 192