160 drawings 6 x 9 Complete beginners guide to fossil collecting Includes lesser-studied vertebrate fossils Detailed illustrations for identification and comparison Earlier life forms are buried all over the earths surfacein oceans, on mountain slopes, in our backyards.

Discovering Fossils provides an essential background on where to search for fossils, how to scan for the right textures and shapes, and how to properly extract and protect ones findsa perfect reference for new collectors young and old.

Includes practical advice on what to wear and which tools to carry as well as an illustrated identification section of common fossil finds.

Frank A.

Garcia is responsible for more than 30 previously undiscovered species of prehistoric animals.

He lives in Ruskin, Florida.

Donald S.

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Authors: Frank A. Garcia, Donald S. Miller

Publisher: Stackpole Books

Date: Jan. 16, 1998

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