Fossils

Contents
INTRODUCTION
	Authors’ introduction
	How this book works
	What is a fossil?
	Modes of preservation
	Geological time chart
	Where to look
	Collecting fossils
	Preparing your collection
	From hobby to science
	Fossil identification key
INVERTEBRATES
	Foraminiferans
	Sponges
	Bryozoans
	Worms
	Trace fossils
	Problematica
	Graptolites
	Corals
	Trilobites
	Crustaceans
	Chelicerates
	Insects
	Brachiopods
	Bivalves
	Scaphopods and Chitons
	Gastropods
	Nautiloids
	Ammonoids
	Ammonites
	Belemnites and Squids
	Crinoids
	Echinoids
	Asteroids
	Ophiuroids
	Blastoids
	Cystoids
	Carpoids
VERTEBRATES
	Agnathans
	Placoderms
	Chondrichthyans
	Acanthodians
	Osteichthyans
	Tetrapods
	Lissamphibians
	Amniotes
	Reptiles
	Dinosaurs
	Birds
	Synapsids
	Mammals
ALGAE
PLANTS
	Early land plants
	Hepatophytes
	Sphenopsids
	Ferns
	Lycopods
	Pteridosperms
	Bennettites
	Progymnosperms
	Cordaitales
	Conifers
	Ginkgos
	Eudicot Angiosperms
	Monocotyledonous Angiosperms
Glossary
Index
Acknowledgments