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E-ISBN 978-0-231-55148-9

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Prothero, Donald R., author. | Williams, Mary Persis, illustrator.

Title: Fantastic fossils: a guide to finding and identifying prehistoric life / Donald R. Prothero; illustrated by Mary Persis Williams.

Description: New York: Columbia University Press, [2020] | Includes bibliographical references and index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2019024030 (print) | LCCN 2019024031 (e-book) | ISBN 9780231195782 (cloth) | ISBN 9780231551489 (e-book)

Subjects: LCSH: Paleontology. | Fossils.

Classification: LCC QE711.3 .P76 2020 (print) | LCC QE711.3 (e-book) | DDC 560.75—dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019024030

LC e-book record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019024031

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Cover design: Milenda Nan Ok Lee

Cover photo: Courtesy of Donald R. Prothero

Frontispiece: Courtesy of Ray Troll