Fossil Echinoid s of Texas - New Book Listing 237 Fossil Sea Urchins Holotypes M

Description

BOOK:
Fossils of Texas  Echinoids
A Monograph of Fossil Sea Urchins
A Pictorial Collection of Fossil Sea Urchins of Texas complete with scientific descriptions.
This book is like the "Akers & Akers Echinoid Book on Steroids."
This work aspires to be as
thorough and detailed
as possible with photos included for all species.
All were photographed in
high resolution color
, with regular echinoids from the adoral, aboral, lateral ambulacral, and lateral interambulacral views.
Irregular echinoids were photographed in adoral, aboral, lateral, anterior, and posterior views.
In most cases, a single specimen is used to illustrate each species.
One hundred
and six of the specimens photographed were
type specimens
from the
University of Texas
Non-vertebrate Paleontology Lab,
Louisiana State University
Museum of Natural Science and the National Museum of Natural History (
Smithsonian
).
Where types were unavailable, representative specimens were used from both institutions and private collections.
Two specimens were contributed by the
Mississippi Museum of Natural Science.
Four of the representative specimens are from the
Akers Collection
which is currently owned by Chris Garvie.
Many specimens are from the
Frank Crane Collection
which is currently owned by his son Dr. Stephen Crane.
The remaining species are from
private collections
of William R. Thompson, Jr., Ed Elliott, Chris Garvie, Ron Root, Terry Stephenson, John Hinte, Mike K. Smith, Danny Harlow, James Costabile, Dave Hayward, Paul Hammerschmidt, Linda Farish, Dr. Stephen Crane, Frank Holterhoff, and Raul & Carlos González of the website erizosfosiles.jimdo.com.
Each species is
described in detail.
If the
original description
was available, that text was included and credited.  Descriptions which are protected by copyright laws or not available were not included in this publication.
Instead, those species' descriptions and the new species' descriptions are the author's.
CONTENTS:
Dedication by Dr. Stephen L. Crane, Dallas
Foreword by George Phillips, Paleontology Curator of the Mississippi Museum of Natural Science, Jackson, Mississippi
New taxa list
History on Research of Texas Echinoids
Stratigraphic Occurrence Charts by Series, Group, and Formation
Geological Time Scales
Descriptions
Photo Plates
With this book, you will learn where to find
and how to identify the fossil echinoids of Texas.
Included are common, rare and many new echinoids.
432 Pages
over 99,000 words
237 species of Texas echinoids
1294 Color Photos
100 Existing Type specimens
46 New species and 1 new genus.
Photos are in high resolution color.
Published 2016
ISBN number 978-1-61704-278-2
.99
plus Sales Tax (if live in Texas)
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