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Author:

Ward, Peter Douglas, 1949-

Title:

On Methuselah's trail : living fossils and the great extinctions / Peter Douglas Ward ; [illustrations by Linda Krause, unless noted otherwise].

Publisher:

W.H. Freeman,

Copyright Date:

c1992

Description:

xii, 212 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Extinction (Biology)
Living fossils.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

The phenomenon of living fossils -- The advent of skeletons: the brachiopods -- Before modern predation: the flat clams -- the Kraken wakes: nautilus and the rise of the ammonites -- Death of the polypi: nautilus and the last ammonites -- Timeless design: the horseshoe crabs -- The first spring: plants invade the land -- Out of the ooze: the lobe fins.

ISBN:

9780716722038
0716722038

OCLC:

(OCoLC)23732474

LCCN:

91017071

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

PRAX771 -- Cowles Library (Des Moines)

ULAX314 -- Loras College Library (Dubuque)

OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)

RSPC135 -- Lake City Public Library (Lake City)

PHAX277 -- Graceland University - Frederick Madison Smith Library (Lamoni)

IBAX173 -- North Iowa Area Community College Library (Mason City)

O3AX572 -- Cornell College - Russell D. Cole Library (Mount Vernon)

VKPE334 -- Oelwein Public Library (Oelwein)

OZAX845 -- Northwestern College - DeWitt Library (Orange City)

OMAX631 -- Geisler Learning Resource Cntr (Pella)

UTAX115 -- Buena Vista University Library (Storm Lake)

XZPB787 -- Walnut Public Library (Walnut)

HWAX074 -- Hawkeye Community College Library (Waterloo)

PQAX094 -- Wartburg College - Vogel Library (Waverly)