Search Results for: shale
The Fossils of the Burgess Shale
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The Crucible of Creation: The Burgess Shale and the Rise of Animals
The Crucible of Creation: The Burgess Shale and the Rise of Animals ... Read More
New hope for tapping vast domestic reserves of oil shale
Fossils encased in an Estonian oil shale. Credit: Mark A. Wilson, Wikipedia Commons Researchers in... Read More
Ancient Organisms Discovered In Canadian Gold Mine
Scientists have suspected that the three known domains of life -- eukaryotes, bacteria, and archaea -- branched off and... Read More
The earliest annelids: Lower Cambrian polychaetes
More than 30 Burgess Shale−type faunas are now known from the Lower and Middle Cambrian of Laurentia, South China,... Read More
Ammonites and the Other Cephalopods of the Pierre Seaway: Identification Guide (Fossils & Dinosaurs)
Ammonites and the Other Cephalopods of the Pierre Seaway: Identification Guide ... Read More
Invertebrate Paleontology and Evolution
Invertebrate Paleontology and Evolution ... Read More
Fossil Plants (Living Past)
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Taphonomy: A Process Approach (Cambridge Paleobiology Series)
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Study Casts Doubt On ‘Snowball Earth’ Theory
A study that applied innovative techniques to previously unexamined rock formations has turned up strong evidence on the... Read More
Study casts doubt on ‘Snowball Earth’ theory
Remains of photosynthesizing microbes in prehistoric rocks suggest Earth was not ice-bound A study that applied innovative... Read More
Intercalate
Intercalate 1. To insert, as a day or other portion of time, in a calendar. 2. To insert among others, as a verse in a... Read More
Cephalochordate
Definition noun, plural: cephalochordates Any of the small, elongated, segmented, fish-like chordates that belong to the... Read More
Organic matter
Definition noun Any of the carbon-based compounds found in nature Supplement Organic matter pertains to any of the... Read More