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Horseshoe crabs and velvet worms, the story of the animals and plants that time has left behind, by Richard Fortey

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Horseshoe crabs and velvet worms, the story of the animals and plants that time has left behind, by Richard Fortey

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

platesillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Horseshoe crabs and velvet worms

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

745979753

Responsibility statement

by Richard Fortey

Sub title

the story of the animals and plants that time has left behind

Summary

Former Natural History Museum (London) paleontologist Fortey gives us the stories of those plants, animals, and other creatures that have survived from Earth's early days--the planet's "true marathon runners."

Table Of Contents

Old horseshoes -- The search for the velvet worm -- Slimy mounds -- Life in hot water -- An inveterate bunch -- Greenery -- Of fishes and hellbenders -- Heat in the blood -- Islands, ice -- Survivors against the odds

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