What Your Fossils Can Tell You: Vertebrate Morphology, Pathology, and Cultural Modification - Softcover

Robert W. Sinibaldi (author)

 
9780813068701: What Your Fossils Can Tell You: Vertebrate Morphology, Pathology, and Cultural Modification
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0813068703 ISBN 13: 9780813068701
Publisher: University Press of Florida, 2022

Synopsis

Illustrates how the dynamic story of ancient life and death and post-mortem utilization is accessible from the study of bone shapes. It is this very thing that made me want to be a paleontologist in the first place."--Pennilyn Higgins, University of Rochester

Written primarily for the avid amateur and beginning paleontologist, What Your Fossils Can Tell You offers both experienced and novice fossil hunters and collectors the information needed to correctly identify and interpret the significance of their discoveries.


Professionals in the field may also use this book as a pictorial resource to assist them in bridging the fields of pathology and archaeology as they relate to paleontology. Amateur fossil hunters are presented with the tools they need to recognize significant finds and knowledge of how to collect vertebrate fossils responsibly and legally.

Robert Sinibaldi, in informal collaboration with a number of fossil experts, has compiled materials with a wide appeal. He explains many of the complex bumps, grooves, markings, and other anomalies that occur on fossil bones and teeth. A wealth of photographs helps readers visually identify these features and apply related concepts to their personal collections. Along with many common specimens, scores of unique fossil items appear here in print for the first time.

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About the Author

Robert W. Sinibaldi is a former president of the Tampa Bay Fossil Club and is currently a member of its board of directors. He is author of Fossil Diving: In Florida's Waters or any other Waters Containing Prehistoric Treasures and The Handbook of Paleontological Terms.

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Publisher
University Press of Florida
Publication date
2022
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0813068703
ISBN 13 
9780813068701
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
400

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