CONTENTS
PREFACE
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
I FOSSILS ARE WHERE YOU FIND THEM
1 FANTASTIC FOSSILS
2 HOW ARE FOSSILS FORMED?
3 WHAT KINDS OF ROCKS YIELD FOSSILS?
4 WHERE DO YOU FIND FOSSILS?
5 DATING FOSSILS
6 COLLECTING FOSSILS
BADLANDS
7 COLLECTING FOSSILS
BEACHES
8 COLLECTING FOSSILS
QUARRIES AND ROADCUTS
9 THE CRUCIAL STEP
COLLECTING DATA
II IDENTIFYING YOUR FOSSILS
10 WHAT’S IN A NAME?
11 PHYLUM PORIFERA
SPONGES AND THEIR RELATIVES
12 PHYLUM CNIDARIA (COELENTERATES)
SEA JELLIES, SEA ANEMONES, AND CORALS
13 PHYLUM BRACHIOPODA
BRACHIOPODS, OR LAMP SHELLS
14 PHYLUM BRYOZOA
BRYOZOANS, OR MOSS ANIMALS
15 PHYLUM ARTHROPODA
TRILOBITES AND THEIR RELATIVES
16 PHYLUM MOLLUSCA
CLAMS, SNAIL, SQUIDS, AND THEIR RELATIVES
17 PHYLUM ECHINODERMATA
SEA STARS, SEA URCHINS, AND THEIR RELATIVES
18 PHYLUM HEMICHORDATA
GRAPTOLITES
19 PHYLUM CHORDATA
FISH, AMPHIBIANS, REPTILES, BIRDS, AND MAMMALS
20 PALEOBOTANY
FOSSIL PLANTS
INDEX