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CONTENTS How to use this book 8 Introduction 10 What is a fossil? 12 Where fossils are found 14 True and false 16 How fossils are formed 18 Sedimentation 20 Moving continents 22 Time periods 24 Fossil fuels 26 Digging out 28 Reconstructing the past 30 Using fossils 32 Learning from fossils 34 Discoveries and problems 36 Classification 38 Living fossils 40 Invertebrates 42 Earliest fossils 44 Sponges 46 Corals 48 Worms 52 Brachiopods 54 Bryozoans 56 Bivalves 58 Gastropods 60 Nautiloids 62 Ammonoids 64 Belemnites 66 Early arthropods 68 Trilobites 70 Crustaceans 74 Insects and spiders 76 Sea stars 78 Sea urchins 80 Sea lilies 82 Graptolites 84 Vertebrates 86 Conodonts 88 Jawless fish 90 Early jawed fish 92 Modern fish 94 Early amphibians 96 Modern amphibians 98 Early reptiles 100 Mammal-like reptiles 102 Dinosaurs 104 Marine reptiles 108 Flying reptiles 110 Surviving reptiles 112 Birds 114 Mammals 116 Hominoids and hominids 122 Plants 124 Paleozoic 126 Mesozoic 130 Cenozoic 134 Reference 138 Classification of life 140 Fossil hunters 142 Fossil locations 144 Equipment and tools 146 Collecting fossils 148 Resources 150 Glossary 152 Index 156
Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication: Fossils Juvenile literature, Dinosaurs Juvenile literature, Fossils, Dinosaurs, Paleontology