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Paleontology : a Philosophical Introduction. by Turner, Derek

Table of Contents: “…Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Figures; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction: Paleontology and evolutionary theory; 2 A new way of seeing the fossil record; 3 Punctuated equilibrium; 4 Species and macroevolution; 5 The case for species selection; 6 Real trends, relative progress; 7 Dynamics of evolutionary trends; 8 Evolutionary contingency; 9 Diversity, disparity, and the Burgess Shale; 10 Molecular fossils; Bibliography; Index.…”
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Paleontology : a Brief History of Life. by Tattersall, Ian

Subjects: “…Paleontology.…”
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Encyclopedia of paleontology / Credo Reference

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Adventures in Paleontology : 36 Classroom Fossil Activities. by Slesnick, Irwin L.

Subjects: “…Paleontology Study and teaching (Middle school) Activity programs.…”
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Patrons of paleontology : how government support shaped a science / by Davidson, Jane P.

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : the cost of doing business -- The beginnings of government support for paleontology -- Eighteenth-century and early nineteenth-century paleontologists and patrons -- Developments in government support for paleontology in the United States between 1830 to about 1880 -- Paleontology in mid nineteenth-century surveys outside the United States -- Government support for paleontology in the late nineteenth century and the turn of the twentieth century : 1880 to about 1940 -- Conclusion : the chain of paleontology -- Appendix : glossary of prominent patrons and paleontologists.…”
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Genetics, Paleontology, and Macroevolution. by Levinton, Jeffrey S.

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A bouquet of archaeozoological studies : essays in honour of Wietske Prummel

Subjects: “…Paleontology.…”
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A concise dictionary of paleontology / by Carlton, Robert L. (Robert Lloyd), 1939-

Subjects: “…Paleontology Dictionaries.…”
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The paleontology of the Grand Canyon in Arizona /

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Our earth. / Fossils by Beilby, Dick

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Dinosaur odyssey : fossil threads in the web of life by Sampson, Scott D.

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Dinosaurs of Utah by DeCourten, Frank

Table of Contents: “…The Mesozoic world: the earth in upheaval -- Dawn of the Utah Mesozoic: the age of dinosaurs begins -- The early and middle Jurassic: a time of transition -- The late Jurassic: the golden age of the sauropods -- Blood brothers: the predators of the Morrison Formation -- The early Cretaceous: the (un)missing links -- The late Cretaceous: the beasts of the bayous -- The curtain falls: the dinosaurs of the North Horn Formation -- Doing it: the allure of paleontology -- Appendix: classification of dinosaurs.…”
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Learn about fossilization and the relationship between living animals and their ancestral fossils

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Horizon. the hunt for life / Dinosaurs :

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Early hominin paleoecology

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Life through the ages II : twenty-first century visions of prehistory by Witton, Mark P., 1984-

Subjects: “…Paleontology.…”
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Introducing Palaeontology : a Guide to Ancient Life. by Jackson, Patrick Wyse

Subjects: “…Paleontology.…”
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Morava v době ledové : prostředí posledního glaciálu a metody jeho poznávání by Musil, Rudolf

Subjects: “…Paleontology Pleistocene.…”
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Bones, stones, and molecules : "out of Africa" and human origins by Cameron, David W.

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Late Cretaceous and Cenozoic mammals of North America : biostratigraphy and geochronology

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Invertebrate Paleontology (Mesozoic) of Israel and Adjacent Countries with Emphasis on the Brachiopoda. by Feldman, Howard B.

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Phanerozoic Stromatolites II by Bertrand-Sarfati, Janine

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Weird Dinosaurs : the Strange New Fossils Challenging Everything We Thought We Knew by Pickrell, John

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Hands-on palaeontology : a practical manual by Donovan, Stephen K.

Subjects: “…Paleontology Methodology.…”
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Systematics and morphology of American mosasaurs by Russell, Dale A.

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The First Fossil Hunters : Dinosaurs, Mammoths, and Myth in Greek and Roman Times (New in Paper). by Mayor, Adrienne

Table of Contents: “…The Gold-Guarding Griffin: A Paleontological Legend; CHAPTER 2. Earthquakes and Elephants: Prehistoric Remains in Mediterranean Lands; CHAPTER 3. …”
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Charming the bones : a portrait of Margaret Matthew Colbert by Elliot, Ann Brimacombe, 1937-

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Beringia : archaic migrations into North America by Morritt, Robert D.

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The First Fossil Hunters : Dinosaurs, Mammoths, and Myth in Greek and Roman Times (New in Paper). by Mayor, Adrienne

Table of Contents: “…The Gold-Guarding Griffin: A Paleontological Legend; CHAPTER 2. Earthquakes and Elephants: Prehistoric Remains in Mediterranean Lands; CHAPTER 3. …”
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Tempo and Mode in Evolution : Genetics and Paleontology 50 Years After Simpson. by Staff, National Academy of Sciences

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Fossils and the history of life by Simpson, George Gaylord, 1902-1984

Subjects: “…Paleontology. sh 85097123…”

History of life by Cowen, Richard, 1940-

Subjects: “…Paleontology. sh 85097123…”

Gaining ground : the origin and evolution of tetrapods / Origin and evolution of tetrapods by Clack, Jennifer A., 1937-

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Dinosaurs and other reptiles from the Mesozoic of Mexico

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The age of dinosaurs. by Kurtén, Björn

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Biggest Devonian fish

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On China. / Dinosaur discovery

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Geologic history.

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60 minutes. / B-rex

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The great Ordovician biodiversification event

Subjects: “…Paleontology Ordovician.…”
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