| ISBN |
0231171900
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| ISBN13桁 |
9780231171908
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| 無効なISBN等 |
9780231539425
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| テキストの言語 |
英語
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| 分類：NDC10版 |
457
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| 個人著者標目 |
Prothero, Donald R.
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| 本タイトル |
The story of life in 25 fossils :
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| タイトル関連情報 |
tales of intrepid fossil hunters and the wonders of evolution /
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| 著者名 |
Donald R. Prothero.
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| その他のタイトル |
Story of life in twenty-five fossils
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| 出版地・頒布地 |
New York :
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| 出版者・頒布者名 |
Columbia University Press,
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| 出版年・頒布年 |
c2015.
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| 数量 |
viii, 389 p. :
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| 他の形態的事項 |
ill. ;
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| 大きさ |
24 cm.
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| 書誌注記 |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| 内容注記 |
Planet of the scum. The first fossils : Cryptozoon -- Garden of Ediacara. The first multicellular life : Charnia -- "Little shellies." The first shells : Cloudina -- Oh, give me a home, when the trilobites roamed. The first large shelled animals : Olenellus -- Is it a worm or an arthropod? The origin of arthropods : Hallucigenia -- Is it a worm or a mollusc? The origin of molluscs : Pilina -- Growing from the sea. The origin of land plants : Cooksonia -- A fishy tale. The origin of vertebrates : Haikouichthys -- Mega-jaws. The largest fish : Carcharocles -- Fish out of water. The origin of amphibians : Tiktaalik -- "Frogamander." The origin of frogs : Gerobatrachus -- Turtle on the half-shell. The origin of turtles : Odontochelys -- Walking serpents. The origin of snakes : Haasiophis -- King of the fish-lizards. The largest marine reptile : Shonisaurus -- Terror of the seas. The largest sea monster : Kronosaurus -- Monster flesh-eater. The largest predator : Giganotosaurus -- Land of the giants. The largest land animal : Argentinosaurus -- A feather in stone. The first bird : Archaeopteryx -- Not quite a mammal. The origin of mammals : Thrinaxodon -- Walking into the water. The origin of whales : Ambulocetus -- Walking manatees. The origin of sirenians : Pezosiren -- Dawn horses. The origin of horses : Eohippus -- Rhinoceros giants. The largest land mammal : Paraceratherium -- The ape's reflection? The oldest human fossil : Sahelanthropus -- Lucy in the sky with diamonds. The oldest human skeleton : Australopithecus afarensis -- Appendix. The best natural history museums.
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| 要約、抄録、注釈等 |
Every fossil tells a story. Prothero recounts the adventures behind the discovery of twenty-five famous, beautifully preserved fossils and explains their significance within the larger fossil record, creating a riveting history of life on our planet.
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| 一般件名 |
Fossils.
Paleontology. |
| 資料情報1 |
『The story of life in 25 fossils :
tales of intrepid fossil hunters and the wonders of evolution /』 Donald R. Prothero. Columbia University Press, c2015.
（所蔵館：中央
請求記号：F/457.0/P96/S
資料コード：7106494861）
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| URL |
https://catalog.library.metro.tokyo.lg.jp/winj/opac/switch-detail.do?lang=ja&bibid=1352018058 |
