The Fossils of the Burgess Shale (Derek E. G Briggs), Waitakere in Waitakere, Auckland for sale

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Previous owner's signature. Light creasing to upper corner of front cover and first few leaves. Some wear to corners of covers.; Third printing. xvii, [1], 238 page. Page dimensions: 253 x 173mm. Numerous b&w photographic illustrations. The Burgess Shale fossils are perhaps most well known as the subject of some essays by Stephen Jay Gould."Since its discovery in 1909 by Charles Doolittle Walcott, then Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, the Burgess Shale in the Canadian Rocky Mountains has fascinated both scientists and the public with its plethora of weird wonders - life forms of the past so unfamiliar they cannot easily be assigned to known taxonomic groups. This century's most significant invertebrate fossil discovery, the Burgess Shale provides an unprecedented window into the explosive evolution during the Cambrian period that began about 540 million years ago, one of the most enigmatic episodes in the history of life."
Author
Derek E. G Briggs
Title
The Fossils of the Burgess Shale
Publisher name
Smithsonian Institution Press (1996), Washington
Shipping time
2 - 5 days
Publication year
1996
Binding type
Soft cover
Listing condition
Used
Item condition
Very good
Vendor name
Renaissance Books
Vendor rating
Abebof326d