Life in Stone
A Natural History of British Columbia's Fossils
Life in Stone is the first book to focus on British Columbia's fossils. Each of its chapters is written by a specialist for a general audience, and each is devoted to a separate fossil group that is particularly well represented in the province. Richly illustrated with photographs and drawings, Life in Stone will provide fascinating reading for anyone interested in learning more about the animals and plants that inhabited British Columbia during prehistoric times.
For the beginner, this fascinating book will challenge and reward in equal measure. For the professional, it will provide a valuable introduction to the literature and to British Columbia’s ancient history.
A very important contribution to the field of public education in science ... Very readable.
A most remarkable book ... Each chapter clearly fits as part of the whole yet each one is a unique adventure into a fascinating part of the ancient world ... The book leaves me, as I'm sure it will leave others, with a sense of wonder about B.C.'s ancient life and how it fits into the world scheme of paleontology.
1 Introduction: Deep Time in the Cordillera / Rolf Ludvigsen
2 Fossils and Museums: Windows into Ancient Worlds / Richard J. Hebda and David A.E. Spalding
3 The Origin and Evolution of Canada's Western Mountains / James W.H. Monger
4 Lower Cambrian Trilobites: Most Ancient Mariners / Rolf Ludvigsen and Lisa L. Bohach
5 The Trilobite Beds of Mount Stephen, Yoho National Park / David M. Rudkin
6 The Burgess Shale: A Spectacular Cambrian Bestiary / Desmond H. Collins
7 The Microscopic World of Conodonts / Michael J. Orchard
8 Mesozoic Radiolarians of Haida Gwaii / Elizabeth S. Carter
9 Fishes of the Triassic: Trawling off Pangaea / Andrew G. Neuman
10 Ammonoids and Bivalves: Triassic Life at Sea / E. Tim Tozer
11 Ammonoids: Itinerants of the Jurassic / Giselle K. Jakobs
12 On the Trail of Cretaceous Dinosaurs / Scott D. Sampson and Philip J. Currie
13 Ancient Saurians: Cretaceous Reptiles of Vancouver Island / Rolf Ludvigsen
14 Mollusks: Exotic Shells from Cretaceous Seas / James W. Haggart
15 Plant Life during the Great Cretaceous Transformation / James F. Basinger and Elisabeth McIver
16 Paleogene Mammals on Land and at Sea / Lee McKenzie McAnally
17 Fishes from Eocene Lakes of the Interior / Mark V.H. Wilson
18 Insects near Eocene Lakes of the Interior / Mark V.H. Wilson
19 Flowering Plants in and around Eocene Lakes of the Interior / Ruth A. Stockey and Wesley C. Wehr
20 Eocene Conifers of the Interior / James F. Basinger, Elisabeth McIver and Wesley C. Wehr
21 Quaternary Animals: Vertebrates of the Ice Age / C. Richard Harington
22 Late Pleistocene Salmon of Kamloops Lake / Catherine C. Carlson and Kenneth Klein
23 Quaternary Plants: Glimpses of Past Climates and Landscapes / Richard J. Hebda
24 Epilogue: The Cordillera through the Mists of Time / Christopher R. Barnes
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