This fabulously illustrated reference guide covers everything the budding fossil enthusiast needs to know in order to get started: professional tips range from locating, digging and cleaning, to identifying, and storing and displaying a collection. Over 60 specimens are named, described, dated, and accompanied by annotated photographs. The visual directory is divided into three groups: plants, invertebrate animals and vertebrate animals. Each profile contains a fact-box featuring name, size, habitat, time span and main discovery sites. With a total of over 300 informative photographs and illustrations throughout the book, plus an authoriative text, this is the ultimate reference tool for both total beginners and informed enthusiasts moving to the advanced level.
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Steve Parker is a highly experienced author, editor and consultant specializing in information books on the natural world, biology, technology and general sciences. Steve has a First Class Honours BSc in Zoology and is a Scientific Fellow of the Zoological Society of London. He has worked on the staff of London's Natural History Museum, and also at leading book publishers. Steve has written more than 200 books and edited or consulted on many other titles.
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