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Author Ward, Peter D. (Peter Douglas), 1949-

Title On Methuselah's trail : living fossils and the great extinctions / Peter Douglas Ward ; [illustrations by Linda Krause, unless noted otherwise]
Published New York : W.H. Freeman, [1992]
©1992

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 MELB  591.38 WAR-O  AVAILABLE
Description xii, 212 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Contents Foreword / Steven M. Stanley -- Introduction: The Phenomenon of Living Fossils -- The Advent of Skeletons: The Brachiopods -- Before Modern Predation: The Flat Clams -- The Kraken Wakes: Nautilus and the Rise of the Ammonites -- Death of the Polypi: Nautilus and the Last Ammonites -- Timeless Design: The Horseshoe Crabs -- The First Spring: Plants Invade the Land -- Out of the Ooze: The Lobe-fins -- Envoi
Summary Examines ancient species which have survived unchanged while others have evolved or been annihilated
Analysis Extinction (Biology)
Living fossils
extinction
living fossils
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Extinction (Biology)
Living fossils.
Living fossils.
LC no. 91017071
ISBN 0716722038