Buch, Englisch, 168 Seiten, Format (B × H): 262 mm x 186 mm, Gewicht: 584 g
Buch, Englisch, 168 Seiten, Format (B × H): 262 mm x 186 mm, Gewicht: 584 g
ISBN: 978-1-4398-1159-7
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Inc
The most complete compendium of Miocene species created since 1904, this long-awaited resource lists nearly 500 species. It contains illustrations of 260 species, including more than 60 not found in any previous book and 26 newly discovered. It describes Chesapeake molluscan faunas in terms of local geology, paleoceanography, and marine paleobiology. Organized by stratigraphic geology, the book covers fossils of the Eastover, St Mary’s, Choptank, and Calvert Formations. It illustrates 24 collecting sites and fossil exposures, showing details of in situ specimens, along with maps of 4 Miocene paleoseas and detailed stratigraphic columns for Maryland and northern Virginia. The text is accompanied by downloadable resources with color illustrations of the forty known species of ecphora shells. Armed with these, you should be able to identify the species found in the amazingly rich shell beds of the Chesapeake Bay area.
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Paleontologists, geologists, paleoceanographers, paleoecologists, evolutionary biologists, and ecologists.
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Introduction: Fossil Shell Collecting in the Maryland and Virginia Miocene. Miocene Seas of the Chesapeake Bay Area. Geologic Framework of the Maryland and Virginia Miocene. Ecphoras of the Maryland and Virginia Miocene. Molluscan Fossils of the Calvert Formation. Molluscan Fossils of the Choptank Formation. Molluscan Fossils of the St. Mary’s Formation. Molluscan Fossils of the Eastover Formation. Systematic Appendix: Descriptions of New Species and Genera. References. Index.