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NHBS Monthly Catalogue: February 2010PalaeontologyAMERICAN MEGAFAUNAL EXTINCTIONS AT THE END OF THE PLEISTOCENE Edited by Gary Haynes The volume contains summaries of facts, theories, and unsolved problems pertaining to the unexplained extinction of dozens of genera of mostly large terrestrial mammals, which occurred ca. ...... 202 pp, figs. hardcover | 2009 | £85.50 | approx. $139/€99 ATLAS OF TRACE FOSSILS The Recognition of Common Trace Fossils in Outcrop and Cores George Pemberton, James A MacEachern, Murray Gingras and Kerrie Bann Primary audience: Petroleum geologists and palaeontologists Secondary auudience: The subject matter will appeal to researchers in sedimentologist, stratigraphy, and sedimentary geochemistry. ...... 300 pp. softcover | 2009 | £42.99 | approx. $70/€50 CENOZOIC MAMMALS OF AFRICA Edited by Lars Werdelin and William Joseph Sanders This book is a clear and comprehensive review of the African mammalian fossil record over the past 65 million years. It includes current taxonomic and systematic revisions of all African mammal ...... 1040 pp, 241 b/w photos, 102 illus, 21 maps, 81 tabs. hardcover | NYP 06/2010 | £65 | approx. $106/€76 FOSSIL PLANTS AS TESTS OF CLIMATE Being the Sedgwick Essay Prize for the Year 1892 Albert Charles Seward The Sedgwick Prize for the best essay on a geological subject was instituted in memory of Adam Sedgwick, the geologist who introduced Darwin to geology in walking tours of north Wales, but later ...... 168 pp. softcover | 2010 | £12.99 | approx. $22/€16 INTEGRATING ZOOARCHAEOLOGY AND PALEOETHNOBOTANY Edited by Amber M VanDerwarker and Tanya M Peres In recent years, scholars have emphasized the need for more holistic subsistence analyses, and collaborative publications towards this endeavor have become more numerous in the literature. ...... 343 pp, figs, tabs. hardcover | 2010 | £81 | approx. $131/€94 PALAEOBOTANY AND THE EVOLUTION OF PLANTS WN Stewart and GW Rothwell New Paperback Edition Originally published in 1993, this second edition of a successful textbook describes and explains in a refreshingly clear way the origin and evolution of plants as revealed by the fossil record and ...... 672 pp, 235 line illus, 115 halftones, 10 tables. softcover | 2010 | £28.99 | approx. $47/€34 PLANTS IN MESOZOIC TIME Morphological Innovations, Phylogeny, Ecosystems Edited by Carole T Gee This volume showcases cutting-edge research of broad botanical and paleontological interest from the world's experts on Mesozoic plant life. Each chapter covers a special aspect of a particular plant ...... Life in the Past 376 pp, 16 col & 84 b/w illus. hardcover | NYP 06/2010 | £59 | approx. $96/€69 PREHISTORIC AMERICA An Ecological Perspective Betty J Meggers and Betty J Meggers During the past 30 years, the relationship between humans and the environment has changed more drastically than during any previous period in human history. Local sustainable exploitation of natural ...... 232 pp. softcover | 2009 | £26.50 | approx. $43/€31 PREHISTORIC LIFE Evolution and the Fossil Record Roger L Kaesler and Bruce S Lieberman Prehistoric life is the archive of evolution preserved in the fossil record. This book focuses on the meaning and significance of that archive and is designed for introductory college science ...... 400 pp, 350 illustrations. hardcover | NYP 03/2010 | £90 | approx. $146/€105 softcover | NYP 03/2010 | £34.99 | approx. $57/€41 TAPHONOMY Process and Bias Through Time Edited by Peter A Allison and David J Bottjer Taphonomic bias is a pervasive feature of the fossil record. A pressing concern, however, is the extent to which taphonomic processes have varied through the ages. It is one thing to work ...... Topics in Geobiology 32 450 pp. hardcover | NYP 05/2010 | £117 | approx. $190/€136 URUMACO AND VENEZUELAN PALEONTOLOGY The Fossil Record of the Northern Neotropics Edited by Marcelo Sanchez-Villagra, Orangel Aguilera and Alfredo Carlini This book offers a synthesis of the paleontological record of Venezuela, including new discoveries on stratigraphy, paleobotany, fossil invertebrates and vertebrates. Besides providing a critical ...... Life in the Past 320 pp, 8 col & 61 b/w illus. hardcover | NYP 06/2010 | £32.99 | approx. $54/€39 WHAT YOUR FOSSILS CAN TELL YOU Vertebrate Morphology, Pathology, and Cultural Modification Robert W Sinibaldi Written primarily for the avid amateur and beginning paleontologist, this book offers both experienced and novice fossil hunters and collectors the information needed to correctly identify ...... 400 pp, 473 b/w illus. hardcover | NYP 04/2010 | £26.99 | approx. $44/€32 |
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