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Geological Magazine; July 2005; v. 142; no. 4; p. 460; DOI: 10.1017/S0016756805271157
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MILSOM, C. & RIGBY, S. 2004. Fossils at a Glance.

x+155 pp. Oxford, Malden, Carlton: Blackwell Publishing. Price £19.99 (paperback). ISBN 0 632 06047 6.

Liz Harper

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For many years Clarkson’s Invertebrate Palaeontology and Evolution (published first by George Allen & Unwin and now by Blackwells) has led the field in palaeontology textbooks for undergraduate courses, at least in the UK. Although in recent years a number of new teaching texts have been published, none, in my opinion, can rival Clarkson. Milsom & Rigby’s new book, Fossils at a Glance, aims to exploit a different niche, one that is much more introductory and stops short of befuddling intricacies.

Fossils at a Glance begins, predictably enough, with an introductory chapter on the processes and vagaries of fossilization. There are then 12 . . . [Full Text of this Article]






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