[PDF] Laboratory Techniques In Vertebrate Paleontology eBook

Author : Patrick Leiggi
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 45,62 MB
Release : 2005-06-02
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780521459006

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Everything that amateur and professional fossil hunters will ever need to know about modern palaeontological techniques and practice.

Author : Walter W. Stein
Publisher :
Page : 125 pages
File Size : 39,54 MB
Release : 2009-04
Category : Paleontologists
ISBN : 9780971620612

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You've read every dinosaur book that you could get your hands on since you were ten years old. You've dragged your friends and family to natural history museums all across the country. Maybe, you've been volunteering for digs or lab work. Maybe you've already gotten your degree or even your first job in the field. Whatever the case, if you are chasing the beasts of life's past, and you know that paleontology is what you want to do for the rest of your life, then "The Top 256 Rules of Paleontology" should be the next step in your journey. The Top 256 offers introductory fossil technicians, volunteers and young professionals over 256 practical, candid, no holds-barred, tidbits of advice on how to make that journey a success. It covers everything from field and laboratory techniques, to advice on publishing, dealing with your peers and conducting research. If you're a young professional, an old pro or just someone interested in fossils, this book is a must read!

Author : Jeff Thomason
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 27,23 MB
Release : 1997-10-28
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780521629218

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Looks at how fossil vertebrates moved, fed and reproduced.

Author : O.R. Green
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 542 pages
File Size : 32,48 MB
Release : 2013-03-09
Category : Science
ISBN : 940170581X

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The user This manual is designed for the use of geo-scientists with an interest and need in developing palaeobiological materials as a potential source of data. To meet this objective practical procedures have been formatted for use by both professional and semi professional students with an initial understanding of palaeo biological research aims as a primary source of scientific data. I have attempted to provide an explanation and understanding of practical procedures which may be required by students undertaking palaeobiological projects as part of a degree course. The layout of this manual should be particularly beneficial in the instruction and training of geotechnologists and museum preparators. Graduate students and scientists requiring an outline of a preparation procedure will also be able to use the manual as a reference from which to assess the suitability of a procedure. This manual is also intended for use by the "committed amateur". Many of the techniques described in this manual have been devised by non-palaeontologists, and developed from methods used in archaeology, zoology and botany, as well as other areas of geology. A considerable number of the methods can be undertaken by the amateur, and in the case of many of the field procedures, should be used. This will ensure that specimens and samples can be conserved in such a manner as to facilitate any later research, and not invalidate the results of subsequent geochemical analytical techniques which might be employed.

Author : Anthony J. Martin
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 714 pages
File Size : 38,62 MB
Release : 2013-01-14
Category : Science
ISBN : 0253006090

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Have you ever wondered what left behind those prints and tracks on the seashore, or what made those marks or dug those holes in the dunes? Life Traces of the Georgia Coast is an up-close look at these traces of life and the animals and plants that made them. It tells about how the tracemakers lived and how they interacted with their environments. This is a book about ichnology (the study of such traces) and a wonderful way to learn about the behavior of organisms, living and long extinct. Life Traces presents an overview of the traces left by modern animals and plants in this biologically rich region; shows how life traces relate to the environments, natural history, and behaviors of their tracemakers; and applies that knowledge toward a better understanding of the fossilized traces that ancient life left in the geologic record. Augmented by illustrations of traces made by both ancient and modern organisms, the book shows how ancient trace fossils directly relate to modern traces and tracemakers, among them, insects, grasses, crabs, shorebirds, alligators, and sea turtles. The result is an aesthetically appealing and scientifically grounded book that will serve as source both for scientists and for anyone interested in the natural history of the Georgia coast.