Screen LibraryA sea without fish：life in the Ordovician sea of the Cincinnati region
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| Group Author: | ; |
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Indiana University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Bloomington |
| Publication Dates: | c2009. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Series: |
Life of the past |
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| Carrier Form: | xv, 346 p., [15] p. of plates: ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ; 26 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9780253351982 (cloth : alk. paper) 0253351987 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| Index Number: | Q911 |
| CLC: | Q911.2 |
| Call Number: | Q911.2/M612 |
| Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 295-[322]) and index. Introduction -- Science in the Hinterland : the Cincinnati School of Paleontology -- Naming and classifying organisms -- Rocks, fossils, and time -- Algae : the base of the food chain -- Poriferans and Cnidarians : sponges, corals, and jellyfish -- Bryozoans : "twigs" and "bones" -- Brachiopods : the other bivalves -- Molluscs : hard, but with a soft center -- Annelids and worm-like fossils -- Arthropods : trilobites and other legged creatures -- Echinoderms : a world unto themselves -- Graptolites and conodonts : our closest relatives? -- Type-cincinnatian trace fossils : tracks, trails, and burrows -- Paleogeography and paleoenvironment / by Steven M. Holland -- Life in the Cincinnatian sea -- Diving in the Cincinnatian sea. |