Fossils in America: Their Nature, Origin, Identification and Classification, and a Range Guide to Collecting Sites

xii, 402 pp. More than 100 drawings and photographs identify the major animal and plant phyla, as well as typical fossil sites in the United States. Useful advice on the preparation and equipment for prospeting, offers detailed information on geologic time and sedimentation, maps and charts, and the assembling of fossil collections. Glossary, bibliography, index, and an appendix of reference libraries and mineral museums in the United States, arranged by state and city.