DK Eyewitness Books: Fossil: Discover How Fossilized Shells, Bones, Skulls, Teeth, and Plants Shed Light on a Previous Era

DK Eyewitness Books: Fossil: Discover How Fossilized Shells, Bones, Skulls, Teeth, and Plants Shed Light on a Previous Era
ISBN-10
0756667933
ISBN-13
9780756667931
Category
Juvenile Nonfiction
Pages
72
Language
English
Published
2004-08-02
Publisher
Penguin
Author
Paul Taylor

Description

Here is an original and exciting new look at fossils - the remains of long-vanished animals and plants. Stunning real-life photographs of the spectacular remains of ancient lives offer a unique "eyewitness" view of what fossils are, how they were formed, and how they lived millions of years ago. See pearls that are 50 million years old, a dinosaur''s toe, a troublesome "snake" that was turned to stone, a fossilized human being, and a snail made of precious stones. Learn howfossils are formed, how trilobites have been preserved for 590 million years, where to look for a belemnite, and how fossils helped the pharaohs of ancient Egypt. Discover which are the most precious fossils in the world, where ammonites lived, how big mammoths were, what a devil's toenail looks like, and much, much more.

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