Table of Contents

Contents Introduction 1 Ediacara 2 Burgess Shale 3 Soom Shale 4 Hunsruck Slate 5 Rhynie Chert 6 Mazon Creek 7 Gres a Voltzia 8 Holzmaden Shale 9 Morrison Formation 10 Solnhofen Limestone 11 Santana and Crato Formations 12 Grube Messel 13 Baltic Amber 14 Rancho La Brea Appendix 1 - Further reading Appendix 2 - Museums and site visits Index

Reviews

This excellent book describes and illustrates 14 sites that range over 560 million years... It's just the job for students and teachers, and the general fossil enthusiast will get a lot from this guide to some of the world's best fossil sites. (pre-publication review) New Scientist There is a good balance between illustrations and critical, informative text... highly recommended. Geoscientist A very well written, exceptionally well-designed book. Down to Earth It deserves to be a cornerstone text in undergraduate teaching... buy this book. The Systematist ... it is much more than a pictorial guide to fossils, yet really does have the 'wow look at that' factor. Palaeontological Newsletter