{"product_id":"fossil-crinoids-paperback-9780521524407","title":"Fossil Crinoids (Paperback) 9780521524407","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eFossil Crinoids\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe first comprehensive volume on crinoids for palaeontologists, geologists, evolutionary and marine biologists, ecologists and amateur fossil collectors.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eHans Hess (Author), William I. Ausich (Author), Carlton E. Brett (Author), Michael J. Simms (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521524407, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 13 January 2003\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e300 pages, 237 b\/w illus.  8 colour illus.  4 tables\u003cbr\u003e21.7 x 27.9 x 2 cm, 0.979 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'… a very informative, beautifully illustrated, if rather specialized book, which is good value for money.' C. R. C. Paul, Geological Magazine\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eCrinoids have graced the oceans for more than 500 million years. Among the most attractive fossils, crinoids had a key role in the ecology of marine communities through much of the fossil record, and their remains are prominent rock forming constituents of many limestones. This is the first comprehensive volume which brings together their form and function, classification, evolutionary history, occurrence, preservation and ecology. The main part of the book is devoted to assemblages of intact fossil crinoids, which are described in their geological setting in 23 chapters ranging from the Ordovician to the Tertiary. The final chapter deals with living sea lilies and feather stars. The volume is exquisitely illustrated with abundant photographs and line drawings of crinoids from sites around the world. This authoritative account recreates a fascinating picture of fossil crinoids for palaeontologists, geologists, evolutionary and marine biologists, ecologists and amateur fossil collectors.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePrelude\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e 1. Crinoid form and function\u003cbr\u003e 2. Systematics, phylogeny and evolutionary history\u003cbr\u003e 3. Fossil occurrence\u003cbr\u003e 4. Taphonomy\u003cbr\u003e 5. Ecology and ecological interactions\u003cbr\u003e 6. Middle Ordovician Trenton Group of New York, USA\u003cbr\u003e 7. Middle Ordovician of the Lake Simcoe area of Ontario, Canada\u003cbr\u003e 8. Upper Ordovician of the Cincinnati, Ohio area, USA\u003cbr\u003e 9. Silurian of Gotland, Sweden\u003cbr\u003e 10. Middle Silurian Rochester Shale of western New York, USA, and southern Ontario, Canada\u003cbr\u003e 11. Scyphocrinitids from the Silurian-Devonian boundary of Morocco\u003cbr\u003e 12. Lower Devonian Manlius\/Coeymans Formation of central New York, USA\u003cbr\u003e 13. Lower Devonian Hunsrück Slates of Germany\u003cbr\u003e 14. Middle Devonian Windom Shale of  Vincent, New York, USA\u003cbr\u003e 15. Middle Devonian Arkona Shale of Ontario and Silica Shale of Ohio, USA\u003cbr\u003e 16. Lower Mississippian Hampton Formation at LeGrand, Iowa, USA\u003cbr\u003e 17. Lower Mississippian Burlington Limestone along the Mississippi Valley in Iowa, Illinois, and Missouri, USA\u003cbr\u003e 18. Lower Mississippian Edwardsville Formation at Crawfordsville, Indiana, USA\u003cbr\u003e 19. Upper Pennsylvania LaSalle Member, Bond Formation of central Illinois, USA\u003cbr\u003e 20. Permian\u003cbr\u003e 21. Triassic Muschelkalk of central Europe\u003cbr\u003e 22. Pentacrinites from the Lower Jurassic of the Dorset coast of southern England\u003cbr\u003e 23. Lower Jurassic Posidonia Shales of southern Germany\u003cbr\u003e 24. Middle Jurassic of southern England\u003cbr\u003e 25. Middle Jurassic of northern Switzerland\u003cbr\u003e 26. Upper Jurassic Solnhofen Plattenkalk of Bavaria, Germany\u003cbr\u003e 27. Uintacrinus beds of the Upper Cretaceous Niobrara formation, Kansas, USA\u003cbr\u003e 28. Tertiary\u003cbr\u003e 29. Recent\u003cbr\u003e Appendices\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Palaeontology [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Palaeontology\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Palaeontology%20%5BRBX%5D%22\"\u003eRBX\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46004711162136,"sku":"9780521524407","price":99.79,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521524407i_1fe1d7a1-5602-4caf-9727-6a0130801521.jpg?v=1691383731","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/fossil-crinoids-paperback-9780521524407","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}