The Fossils of the Burgess Shale

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Summary: IT IS A GREAT BOOK
Review: IT MAKES YOU WONDER WHAT WAS OUT THERE MILLIONS OF YEARS AGO,,

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Summary: Burgess Shale - treasure trove of Cambrian explosion
Review: The Burgess Shale in the Canadian Rockies contains rarely preserved fossils of the soft body parts of animals, including many from the Cambrian. This reference provides good quality black and white photographs and illustrations of 85 of the 125 recognized genera of the Burgess Shale. Of interest, the proportion of the total Burgess Shale fossils a given specimen represents, is given.

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Summary: An excellent book
Review: This is a wonderful book. It is chock-full of photographs of Burgess shale fossils. The photographs are full page photographs and are accompanied by drawings that illustrate what the plant or animal probably looked like. The text is informative and easy to follow for a layperson.