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Title: RISE OF THE DRAGON
READINGS FROM "NATURE" ON THE CHINESE FOSSIL RECORD
By: Henry Gee (Editor)
Format: Paperback

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ISBN 10: 0226284913
ISBN 13: 9780226284910
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Publisher: THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO PRESS
Pub. date: 1 November, 2001
Pages: 2710
Description: Many of the fossil finds in China were announced to English speakers in the journal "Nature". This collection features 16 reports, some augumented with commentaries originally published in "Nature's" "News and Views" section.
Synopsis: Over the past decade, fossil finds from China have stunned the world, grabbing headlines and changing perceptions with a wealth of new discoveries. Many of these finds were first announced to English speakers in the journal "Nature.""Rise of the Dragon" gathers together sixteen of these original reports, some augmented with commentaries originally published in "Nature"'s "News and Views" section. Perhaps the best known of these new Chinese fossils are the famous feathered dinosaurs from Liaoning Province, which may help end one of the most intense debates in paleontology whether birds evolved from dinosaurs. But other finds have been just as spectacular, such as the minutely preserved (to the cellular level) animal embryos of the 670 million-year-old Duoshantuo phosphorites, or the world's oldest known fish, from the Chengjiang formation in southwestern Yunnan Province. "Rise of the Dragon" makes descriptions and detailed discussions of these important finds available in one convenient volume for paleontologists and serious fossil fans."
Illustrations: 30 halftones, 42 line drawings, 24 tables
Publication: US
Imprint: University of Chicago Press
Returns: Returnable
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