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What Bugged the Dinosaurs?; Insects, Disease, and Death in the Cretaceous
by George Poinar & Roberta Poinar
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- 2008
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FLAGSTAFF HILL, South Australia, AUS
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£13.26
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The book presents evidence that insects interacted as prey, as competitors for plant food, and vectors of dinosaur diseases - with the hypothesis that insects contributed to the extinction of the dinosaurs. 264 pages with 16 pages of colour and 39 figures throughout. Book in very good+ condition and would have been better but for split with binding showing… Read more about this item Item Price
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Quaternary Molluscs of South Australia (Handbook No 9)
by N H Ludbrook
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- 1984
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FLAGSTAFF HILL, South Australia, AUS
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£23.88
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Aims to assist the student and collector in identifying the molluscs preserved in South Australian rocks during the Quaternary Period. Five main chapters, Fossils; Molluscs; Pleistocene Period; Holocene Period; Terrestrial Molluscs. 327 pages with 82 figures, 23 colour plates, and 2 tables. Book in very good condition with first and last twenty five pages minor knock. Item Price
£23.88
Eight Little Piggies, Reflections in natural history
by Stephen Jay Gould
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- First paperback
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- 1994
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FLAGSTAFF HILL, South Australia, AUS
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£6.37
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History on the broadest scale of life's evolution during 3.5 billion years told in a series of essays. 479 pages with illustrations throughout the text. Book in very good condition. Item Price
£6.37
The Elements of Geology
by William Harmon Norton
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- 1929
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FLAGSTAFF HILL, South Australia, AUS
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£18.57
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Introduction - scope and aim of Geology; Part I - External Geological Agencies; Part II - Internal Geological Agencies; Part III - Historical Geology. 464 pages with 376 Figures. Book in very good+ condition ex library with stamp on front endpaper and some wear to cover (see photo). Item Price
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Geology
by Arthur R Dwerryhouse
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- ?1917
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Undated publication but around 1917. Part 1 - Introductory, Part II - A Geological Reconnaissance. 301 pages with 16 Plates and 33 Figures. Book in very good condition ex library with stickers and name inside front cover, stamp on front endpaper, title page and six other pages. Cover has some wear (see photo). Item Price
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The Illustrated Dictionary of Prehistoric Life
by Martin Walters
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- 1995
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Contains about 850 entries over 160 pages with at least one illustration on each page. Part of Illustrated Science Dictionaries series for children. Book in good+ condition with light tanning and small tear top spine and some wear to cover (see photo). Item Price
£6.37
Dragon Bones; The Story of Peking Man
by Penny van Oosterzee
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- 1999
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£7.96
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At the end of the nineteenth century in China, amateur fossil hunters knew that a ready supply of fossils could be found in Chinese backstreets sold as dragon bones to be ground down to be made into powerful medicines. When the sources of these fossils were tracked down sites rich with fossil remains were found including the ancestors of mankind… Read more about this item Item Price
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Identifying Dinosaurs
by Steve Parker
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- Near Fine
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- First
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- 1997
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FLAGSTAFF HILL, South Australia, AUS
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A compact study guide and identifier for the dinosaur enthusiast. Dinosaur origins, different groups, characteristics, how they lived and what they ate and concise information about 39 specific dinosaurs including colour illustrations. 80 pages. Book and dust jacket in near fine condition. Item Price
£7.96
Life Pulse; Episodes from the Story of the Fossil Record
by Niles Eldredge
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- First This Edition
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- 1987
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The crucial episodes in Earth's vast history linked to theories of evolution and extinction, and the advent of man. 246 pages with 85 Figures throughout the text. Book in very good condition with light tanning and price crossed out on cover. Item Price
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The Fossil Hunters; Stories from the Palaeontologists Volume 3
by Sue Mikkelsen (Editor)
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- As New
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- 2012
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FLAGSTAFF HILL, South Australia, AUS
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A collection of stories by ten palaeontologists about their journeys of discovery and passion for the natural world and about inquiring minds, fate, dreams and achievements, and the fossil regions of South Australia. 116 pages with colour photographs throughout. Book in as new condition. Item Price
£6.37
Fossils in Colour
by J F Kirkaldy
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- Third Revised
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- 1972
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£9.55
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The main groups of organisms found as fossils, their age, how to find and extract them and their value to science. 223 pages with 80 pages of colour photographs, 12 pages of maps and over 40 text illustrations. Book in very good+ condition with previous owners sticker inside front cover and minor foxing to top edge. Dust jacket in very… Read more about this item Item Price
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Simon & Schuster's Guide to Fossils
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- First
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- 1986
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FLAGSTAFF HILL, South Australia, AUS
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£10.61
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The process of fossilization, how we trace evolution with fossils, how fossils are classified, where fossils can be found today. 320 pages with 26 colour photographs. Book in near fine condition. Bonus booklet on Trilobites. Item Price
£10.61
The World in the Past
by B Webster Smith
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- Second Edition Reprint
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- 1945
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£18.57
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A concise account of some of the wonderful things that are recorded in the Great Stone Book of the Earth - the world was not always as it is today. The author takes the reader on an epoch journey through time from the beginning of the Earth to the Age of Man. 365 pages with 111 Plates with 30 in… Read more about this item Item Price
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Fossils
by Douglas Palmer
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- First This Edition
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- 1996
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FLAGSTAFF HILL, South Australia, AUS
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A Dorling Kindersley Book first published in Australia by Readers Digest - a Pockets guide. An insight into the origin, formation, and variety of fossils and information on how to find and collect fossils. 160 pages with colour photographs throughout. Book in near fine condition. Item Price
£6.37
Flying Dinosaurs; How fearsome reptiles became birds
by John Pickrell
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- 2014
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FLAGSTAFF HILL, South Australia, AUS
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£14.86
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How dinosaurs developed flight, the latest discoveries in China, the USA, Europe and Australia, and can we use a chicken to bring back dinosaurs. 215 pages with 16 pages of colour illustrations. Book in near fine condition.
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Walking on Eggs; Discovering the Astonishing Secrets of the World of Dinosaurs
by Luis Chiappe & Lowell Dingus
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- 2001
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In November 1997 a team of palaeontologists and geologists mounted an expedition to the badlands of Patagonia in Argentina - they discovered a kind of dinosaur maternity ward, the largest prehistoric nesting ground ever found covering more than a square mile littered with tens of thousands dinosaur eggs. In 1999 they returned and found more fossils. 219 pages with 18… Read more about this item Item Price
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Bully for Brontosaurus; Reflections in Natural History
by Stephen Jay Gould
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- 1991
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A collection of essays covering six years of writing - a history of our struggle to understand nature. 540 pages with illustrations in the text. Book in very good+ condition with minor spotting to top edge. Dust jacket in very good+ condition. Item Price
£14.86
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Principles of Paleoecology
by Derek V Ager
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- 1963
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An introduction to the study of how and where animals and plants lived in the past. The first textbook on paleoecology in the English language. 371 pages with figures throughout the text. Book in very good+ condition with previous owners name on first page and small booksellers sticker inside front cover. Item Price
£13.26
Dinosaurs, Their discovery and their world
by Edwin H Colbert
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- 1962
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£7.96
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The evolutionary patterns of dinosaurs, discovery of dinosaur fossils, how fossils are located, excavated, preserved and displayed; details on individual dinosaurs; how they functioned; and their environment. 288 pages with 100 Plates and 48 Figures. Book in very good condition with previous owners signature on front endpaper, and sticky tape remnants on front and back endpapers. Dust jacket in good… Read more about this item Item Price
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A Guide to Rocks & Fossils
by Arthur B Busbey, Robert R Coenraads, Paul Willis, David Roots
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- Reprint
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- 2003
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FLAGSTAFF HILL, South Australia, AUS
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£9.55
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A fascinating reference source on the formation and identification of rocks and fossils, where to find various types and how to collect and care for them, and a field guide to the most significant geological and paleontological sites in the world.288 pages with colour photographs throughout. Book in very good+ condition. Item Price
£9.55
