Horseshoe crabs and velvet worms : the story of the animals and plants that time has left behind / by Richard Fortey.

By:

Fortey, Richard A

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2012.Edition: 1st American edDescription: xv, 332 p., [24] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cmISBN:

0307263614
9780307263612

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

595 23

LOC classification:

QL434 .F67 2012

Contents:

Old horseshoes -- The search for the velvet worm -- Slimy mounds -- Life in hot water -- An inveterate bunch -- Greenery -- Of fishes and hellbenders -- Heat in the blood -- Islands, ice -- Survivors against the odds.

Summary: Former Natural History Museum (London) paleontologist Fortey gives us the stories of those plants, animals, and other creatures that have survived from Earth's early days--the planet's "true marathon runners."

Holdings ( 1 )
Title notes ( 4 )

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Circulating Books	Pennsylvania Horticultural Society	New Books	QL434 .F67 2012 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		3182700013422

Total holds: 0

"Originally published as Survivors in Great Britain by HarperPress, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, London."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Former Natural History Museum (London) paleontologist Fortey gives us the stories of those plants, animals, and other creatures that have survived from Earth's early days--the planet's "true marathon runners."