Fossils

A pocket guide that provides the clearest and sharpest recognition guide to over 500 invertebrate, vertebrate, and plant fossils from around the world. It features precise descriptions, over 1,000 photographs, and a visual identification key to help beginners identify fossils and start building their collections.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 320 pages
Publication date: 07 October 2021
Publisher: Dorling Kindersley Ltd

This comprehensive pocket guide is the perfect introduction to finding, identifying, and collecting fossils. It features more than 500 species of plant and animal fossils, from trilobites and megafauna to dinosaurs and ancient trees. This handbook cuts through the complicated identification process with expertly written and thoroughly vetted text that features precise descriptions, enabling you to recognize a species instantly. Over 1,000 photographs, with illuminating annotations, help you to pick out a fossil's chief characteristics and distinguishing features, while a colour illustration shows the fossil as a living plant or animal.

The detailed introduction explains what a fossil is and how they are classified. Start building your own collection with advice on where to look for fossils, what tools and safety equipment are needed for collecting, and how best to organize a fossil collection. To help you in the initial stages of identification, this book provides a visual identification key that makes it easy to recognize a fossil and place it in its correct group. Finally, a concise glossary gives instant understanding of technical and scientific terms.

This guide is perfect for both amateur and professional fossil enthusiasts alike. Whether you're a beginner or an experienced collector, this guide will help you uncover the secrets of the past and discover the incredible diversity of life that has existed on Earth. So why wait? Start your journey into the world of fossils today with this essential guide!

Weight: 559g
Dimension: 216 x 141 x 20 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780241471432