Field Guide to Fossils
Table of Contents
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Introduction
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11
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Life and Geologic Time
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23
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Geologic Time Chart
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24
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Fossil-bearing Rocks
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87
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Part I: Color Plates
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How to Use This Guide
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99
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Key to the Maps
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103
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Maps
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Color Plates
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137
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Fossiliferous Rocks and Outcroppings 1-33
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Key to the Color Plates
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149
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Thumb Tab Guide
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150
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Scallop-shaped Fossils 34-102
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Clam-shaped Fossils 103-165
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Snail-shaped Fossils 166-216
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Gastropods 217-267
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Arthropods 268-315
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Cystoids, Blastoids, and Crinoids 316-336
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Cone-shaped Fossils 337-357
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Disc-shaped Fossils 358-375
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Sponges, Corals, and Bryozoans 376-456
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Trace Fossils and Graptolites 457-471
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Vertebrates 472-486
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Plants 487-507
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Part II: Text
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Sponges
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339
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Cnidarians
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353
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Mollusks
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389
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Annelids
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537
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Small Tubes of Uncertain Affinities
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541
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Arthropods
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547
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Bryozoans
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597
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Brachiopods
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625
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Echinoderms
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687
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Hemichordates
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723
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Trace Fossils
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731
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Plants
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738
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Insects
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751
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Vertebrates
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755
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Part III: Appendices
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Phylum Illustrations
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771
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How to Collect and Preserve Fossils
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779
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Glossary
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789
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List of Major Fossil Displays
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805
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List of Geological Surveys
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813
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List of Specimen Localities
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817
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Picture Credits
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828
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Index
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829
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