Fossil Hunting: An Expert Guide to Finding, and Identifying Fossils and Creating a Collection

This fabulously illustrated reference guide covers everything the budding fossil enthusiast needs to know in order to get started: professional tips range from locating, digging and cleaning, to identifying, and storing and displaying a collection. Over 60 specimens are named, described, dated, and accompanied by annotated photographs. The visual directory is divided into three groups: plants, invertebrate animals and vertebrate animals. Each profile contains a fact-box featuring name, size, habitat, time span and main discovery sites. With a total of over 300 informative photographs and illustrations throughout the book, plus an authoritative text, this is the ultimate reference tool for both total beginners and informed enthusiasts moving to the advanced level.… (more)