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The crucible of creation : the Burgess Shale and the rise of animals / Simon Conway Morris.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Conway Morris, S. (Simon)
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Invertebrates, Fossil--British Columbia--Yoho National Park.
- Invertebrates, Fossil.
- Paleontology--Cambrian.
- Paleontology.
- Fossils--British Columbia--Yoho National Park.
- Fossils.
- Burgess Shale (B.C.).
- Evolution (Biology).
- Yoho National Park (B.C.).
- British Columbia--Yoho National Park.
- Physical Description:
- xxiii, 242 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1998.
- Summary:
- Paleontologist Simon Conway Morris provides a guided tour of the world's richest treasure trove of fossils--a fantastically rich deposit of bizarre and bewildering Cambrain fossils, located in Western Canada. 4 plates. 90 linecuts.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [225]-231) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0198502567
- OCLC:
- 37341317
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