British Fossil Brachiopoda (Paperback)

British palaeontologist Thomas Davidson (1817-85) was born in Edinburgh and began his studies at the city's university. Encouraged by German palaeontologist Leopold von Buch, he began to study brachiopod fossils at the age of twenty, and he quickly became the undisputed authority. He was elected fellow of the Geological Society of London in 1852, receiving the Wollaston medal in 1865. He became a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1857. Published between 1850 and 1886, this six-volume work became the definitive reference text on the subject. It includes more than two hundred hand-drawn plates and a comprehensive bibliography. This volume, the first of six, includes an essay on the terebratulids by Richard Owen, an analysis of brachiopod shell structure by W. B. Carpenter and a guide to classification by Davidson himself. The rest of the volume describes Cretaceous, Tertiary, Oolitic and Liasic brachiopod species.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Cambridge Library Collection - Earth Science, Volume 1
Release date:	December 2011
First published:	September 2011
Authors:	Thomas Davidson
Introduction by:	Richard Owen • William Benjamin Carpenter
Dimensions:	297 x 210 x 27mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	532
ISBN-13:	978-1-108-03817-1
Categories:	Books > Earth & environment > Earth sciences > Palaeontology > General Promotions
LSN:	1-108-03817-4
Barcode:	9781108038171

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