A Sea without Fish Life in the Ordovician Sea of the Cincinnati Region.
Davis, Richard Arnold.
A Sea without Fish Life in the Ordovician Sea of the Cincinnati Region. - Bloomington : Indiana University Press, (c)2009. - 1 online resource (382 pages) - Life of the Past .
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographies and index.
Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Repositories of Fossils Illustrated in this Book; 1 Introduction; 2 Science in the Hinterland: The Cincinnati School of Paleontology; 3 Naming and Classifying Organisms; 4 Rocks, Fossils, and Time; 5 Algae: The Base of the Food Chain; 6 Poriferans and Cnidarians: Sponges, Corals, and Jellyfish; 7 Bryozoans ""Twigs"" and ""Bones""; 8 Brachiopods: The Other Bivalves; 9 Molluscs: Hard, but with a Soft Center; 10 Annelids and Worm-Like Fossils; 11 Arthropods: Trilobites and other Legged Creatures; 12 Echinoderms: A World unto themselves 13 Graptolites and Conodonts: Our Closest Relatives?14 Type-Cincinnatian Trace Fossils: Tracks, Trails, and Burrows; 15 Paleogeography and Paleoenvironment; 16 Life in the Cincinnatian Sea; Epilogue: Diving in the Cincinnatian Sea; Appendix 1 Resources: Where to Go for More Information; Appendix 2 Individuals and Institutions Associated with the Type-Cincinnatian; Glossary; References Cited; Index
The region around Cincinnati, Ohio, is known throughout the world for the abundant and beautiful fossils found in limestones and shales that were deposited as sediments on the sea floor during the Ordovician Period, about 450 million years ago-some 250 million years before the dinosaurs lived. In Ordovician time, the shallow sea that covered much of what is now the North American continent teemed with marine life. The Cincinnati area has yielded some of the world's most abundant and best-preserved fossils of invertebrate animals such as trilobites, bryozoans, brachiopods, molluscs, echinode.
9780253013491
Fossils--Ohio--Cincinnati Region.
Paleontology--Ordovician.
Electronic Books.
QE726 / .S439 2009
A Sea without Fish Life in the Ordovician Sea of the Cincinnati Region. - Bloomington : Indiana University Press, (c)2009. - 1 online resource (382 pages) - Life of the Past .
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographies and index.
Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Repositories of Fossils Illustrated in this Book; 1 Introduction; 2 Science in the Hinterland: The Cincinnati School of Paleontology; 3 Naming and Classifying Organisms; 4 Rocks, Fossils, and Time; 5 Algae: The Base of the Food Chain; 6 Poriferans and Cnidarians: Sponges, Corals, and Jellyfish; 7 Bryozoans ""Twigs"" and ""Bones""; 8 Brachiopods: The Other Bivalves; 9 Molluscs: Hard, but with a Soft Center; 10 Annelids and Worm-Like Fossils; 11 Arthropods: Trilobites and other Legged Creatures; 12 Echinoderms: A World unto themselves 13 Graptolites and Conodonts: Our Closest Relatives?14 Type-Cincinnatian Trace Fossils: Tracks, Trails, and Burrows; 15 Paleogeography and Paleoenvironment; 16 Life in the Cincinnatian Sea; Epilogue: Diving in the Cincinnatian Sea; Appendix 1 Resources: Where to Go for More Information; Appendix 2 Individuals and Institutions Associated with the Type-Cincinnatian; Glossary; References Cited; Index
The region around Cincinnati, Ohio, is known throughout the world for the abundant and beautiful fossils found in limestones and shales that were deposited as sediments on the sea floor during the Ordovician Period, about 450 million years ago-some 250 million years before the dinosaurs lived. In Ordovician time, the shallow sea that covered much of what is now the North American continent teemed with marine life. The Cincinnati area has yielded some of the world's most abundant and best-preserved fossils of invertebrate animals such as trilobites, bryozoans, brachiopods, molluscs, echinode.
9780253013491
Fossils--Ohio--Cincinnati Region.
Paleontology--Ordovician.
Electronic Books.
QE726 / .S439 2009