Fossiling in Florida
A Guide for Diggers and Divers
Published on 31. July 1999
Book
Paperback/Softback
208 pages
978-0-8130-1677-1 (ISBN)
Description
Want to look for fossils but not sure how to get started? This book tells the reader where to hunt for fossils in Florida, and how to preserve their finds for another million years. The photographs help in identifying bones and teeth and distinguishing a prehistoric bison from a farmer's lost cow.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Florida
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Illustrations
250 b&w photographs, 23 drawings, 2 maps, list of Florida fossiling clubs, bibliography
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 13 mm
Weight
361 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8130-1677-1 (9780813016771)
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Persons
Mark Renz, writer and amateur paleontologist, has taught continuing education classes geared for beginner fossil collectors at Edison Community College in Fort Myers and leads fossil-finding expeditions in southwest Florida. He is the publisher of "Fossil Expeditions," a bimonthly newsletter for readers throughout the United States (and also the name of his guide service), and was the first president of the Paleontological Society of Lee County, Florida. He lives in Lehigh Acres, Florida.