paleozoic

Explores the Earth prior to dinosaurs and examines the creatures that lived here.

Explores the creatures that roamed the Earth before the dinosaurs.

Presents an introduction to the Paleozoic era, providing a time line and details about the animals that lived during the time period.

This superbly illustrated book reviews the trilobite fossils found throughout New York State, including their biology, methods of taphonomy (preservation of speciments), and the broader Paleozoic geology of the state. A general chapter on the geology of New York State places the importance of these now-extinct invertebrate marine animals into context. Sixty-seven line drawings and 175 black-and-white photographs illustrate individual species, many represented here by type specimens, and display the eerie beauty that has made New York State trilobites favorites of collectors the world over.

Provides information on the prehistory of animal and plant life before the time of dinosaurs, including fun facts, descriptive illustrations, humorous cartoons, a glossary, a pronunciation guide, and a time line.

Presents an illustrated guide detailing the ecology of the oceans during the Paleozoic era, focusing on vertebrates, defining distinctive characteristics and origins; and describes early fish and sharks.

Uncovers the fossil and geologic evidence from this time that reveals a dynamic planet, where new species of plants and animals were constantly emerging and continents were breaking apart and reforming.

Describes the changes that shaped North America in the late Paleozoic era, discussing Pangea and the moving of the earth's plates, the evolution of plants and animals on land, the production of the fossil fuels coal and oil, and the Permian Extinction. Also includes a geologic time scale, glossary, and list of museums and further resources.

A short study of plant and animal life on Earth during the Paleozoic period.

Takes a tour of the Earth three hundred and twenty million years ago, during the Paleozoic Era, and investigates the plants and animals found there.