Identification Guide To Florida Fossil Echinoids

This book is designed to bridge the gap between the layman and the academic by providing information on the fossilized echinoids found in Florida, including some that have been newly named, in more easily understandable language. Readers will find a short introduction to the material, multiple high-quality photographs of the echinoids and explanations of how to identify each one. This book will be of interest to both the novice and more experienced collector. Features full color photos of specimens at their actual sizes.

For 50 million years Florida was home to hordes of strange and wonderful animals. Their remains accumulated in rivers, springs, and oceans. Today fossilized bones and teeth wash up along streams, banks, and beaches and lie in limerock quarries. This guide teaches how and where to hunt fossils—with maps, means of identification, and the history of these fossil treasures. Complete, accurate, and fully illustrated, including an outstanding identification section.

Hunting fossil shark teeth is a very popular activity in Florida. Every day people find shark teeth and wonder what kind of shark they came from. This identification guide answers those questions with color photos and detailed descriptions.

- Updated directions (with maps) on where and how to hunt for fossils in the Sunshine State - Complete identification section and insightful comments on the history of the fossil teasures you'll uncover - Paintings by Chris Krelder; photos by the author - A great gift for serious or beginning archaeologists

Black Water Fossil Diving Identification Guide is a 48 page text that is packed with information and images. Find out what Fossil diving in South Carolina is all about or use the guide to help identify your own fossils. Learn how to successfully search for huge Carcharodon megalodon teeth. Capt. Dan has included many of Mike Mc Meekin and Vito Bertucci's river diving tips and fossil images. Learn why even if you get separated from the boat never swim to shore. This New Fossil book is heavily illustrated with photographs. Divers, fossil hunters, armchair sailors or anyone with a general interest in history, diving, or fossils will surely find this book informative, fascinating and the perfect addition to their library

Texas is known worldwide as a rich resource for the intricate Cretaceous-age echinoids widely sought by professional and amateur paleontologists. With much of the scientific literature on Texas Cretaceous echinoids decades old, here is an updated and detailed guide for identifying this rich fossil fauna. After a brief description of the climatic events that led to the formation of these marine deposits, readers are introduced to the terminology needed to understand the morphology and biology of echinoids. More than 350 high-quality color photographs and detailed descriptions provide a visual guide to identifying, usually to the species level, most of the Cretaceous echinoids found in Texas. The information will be of interest to nature lovers, new and advanced collectors, and students of invertebrate paleontology looking for in-depth, updated insights into the morphology, classification, and identification of these striking fossils.

A great guide for beginner collectors in Florida, this guide will give you great color photos of the fossil as well as information about the animal it came from. It has information on where and how to find the fossils and what do with them once you find them. A great little pocket guide that you can put in your backpack and carry with you while you are hunting.