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- catalog abstract "In Discovering Fossil Fishes, John Maisey traces the evolution of fishes over the course of 500 million years, describing the discovery of their extraordinary fossil remains and explaining what these ancient animals tell us about our own place in the history of life. Combining current scientific information with entertaining tales about historic and contemporary fieldwork, Maisey brings to life the development of armored fishes, monster sharks, and fishes with arms as he reveals the subtleties of evolution's greatest success story. Through full-color photographs of their fossils and of fossil reconstructions by artists David Miller and Ivy Rutzky, along with informative photographs, charts, diagrams, and drawings, we discover a staggering half-billion-year history in which lies our own watery origins.".
- catalog contributor b10300086.
- catalog contributor b10300087.
- catalog contributor b10300088.
- catalog contributor b10300089.
- catalog contributor b10300090.
- catalog created "c1996.".
- catalog date "1996".
- catalog date "c1996.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1996.".
- catalog description "Aquatic ancestors -- A paradise for fishes -- Fishy origins -- The rise and fall of our armored ancestors -- The first predators -- Extinct relatives of modern fishes -- Sharks: The lords of time -- Osteichthyans: So much diversity, so little change -- The fossil forest of ray-finned fishes -- Fishes out of water -- The world of fishes.".
- catalog description "In Discovering Fossil Fishes, John Maisey traces the evolution of fishes over the course of 500 million years, describing the discovery of their extraordinary fossil remains and explaining what these ancient animals tell us about our own place in the history of life. Combining current scientific information with entertaining tales about historic and contemporary fieldwork, Maisey brings to life the development of armored fishes, monster sharks, and fishes with arms as he reveals the subtleties of evolution's greatest success story. Through full-color photographs of their fossils and of fossil reconstructions by artists David Miller and Ivy Rutzky, along with informative photographs, charts, diagrams, and drawings, we discover a staggering half-billion-year history in which lies our own watery origins.".
- catalog extent "223 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0805043667 (alk. paper)".
- catalog isPartOf "A Henry Holt reference book".
- catalog issued "1996".
- catalog issued "c1996.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Holt,".
- catalog subject "567 20".
- catalog subject "Extinct fishes.".
- catalog subject "Fishes Evolution.".
- catalog subject "Fishes, Fossil.".
- catalog subject "QE851 .M35 1996".
- catalog tableOfContents "Aquatic ancestors -- A paradise for fishes -- Fishy origins -- The rise and fall of our armored ancestors -- The first predators -- Extinct relatives of modern fishes -- Sharks: The lords of time -- Osteichthyans: So much diversity, so little change -- The fossil forest of ray-finned fishes -- Fishes out of water -- The world of fishes.".
- catalog title "Discovering fossil fishes / John G. Maisey ; illustrations by David Miller, Ivy Rutzky ; photography by Craig Chesek, Denis Finnin.".
- catalog type "text".