The Fossils of the Burgess Shale by Derek E. G. Briggs

Brand: Smithsonian Books, 0000-00-00. hardcover. Used: Good.

Smithsonian Inst Pr. Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1994. First Printing. Hardcover. 1560983647 . First printing. Hard cover published by Smithsonian Institute Press in 1994. Light gray covers with dark gray spine and lettering on spine. Covers are slightly bowed along side edges. One upper page corner is bent and creased. Book is in good plus condition. Dust jacket is in very good condition. 238 pages, 1.8 lb.; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 238 pages .

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Washington, D.C: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1994. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 7x1x10. First edition. Jacket edges lightly worn. 1994 Hard Cover. xvii, 238 pp. 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. This book provides the first comprehensive set of illustrations of the extraordinary life forms revealed in the Burgess Shale. In addition to the more common fossilized hard skeletons, the Burgess Shale preserved the soft… Read More

Brand: Smithsonian Books, 0000-00-00. hardcover. Used:Good.

Smithsonian Inst Pr, 1994-11-01. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

Smithsonian Books, 01/11/1994 00:00:01. hardcover. Very Good. 2.5381 in x 25.3807 in x 18.0203 in.