{"product_id":"2940016110615","title":"ANIMALS OF THE PAST","description":"TABLE OF CONTENTS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    INTRODUCTORY AND EXPLANATORY\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    Use of scientific names, xvi; estimates of age of earth, xvii;\u003cbr\u003e    restorations by Mr. Knight, xviii; Works of Reference, xix.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    I. FOSSILS, AND HOW THEY ARE FORMED\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    Definition of fossils, 1; fossils may be indications of animals\u003cbr\u003e    or plants, 2; casts and impressions, 3; why fossils are not more\u003cbr\u003e    abundant, 4; conditions under which fossils are formed, 5;\u003cbr\u003e    enemies of bones, 6; Dinosaurs engulfed in quicksand, 8;\u003cbr\u003e    formation of fossils, 9; petrified bodies frauds, 10; natural\u003cbr\u003e    casts, 10; leaves, 13; incrustations, 14; destruction of\u003cbr\u003e    fossils, 15; references, 17.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    II. THE EARLIEST KNOWN VERTEBRATES\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    Methods of interrogating Nature, 18; thickness of sedimentary\u003cbr\u003e    rocks, 20; earliest traces of life, 21; early vertebrates\u003cbr\u003e    difficult of preservation, 22; armored fishes, 23; abundance of\u003cbr\u003e    early fishes, 25; destruction of fish, 26; carboniferous sharks,\u003cbr\u003e    29; known mostly from teeth and spines, 30; references, 32.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    III. IMPRESSIONS OF THE PAST\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    Records of extinct animals, 33; earliest traces of animal life,\u003cbr\u003e    34; formation of tracks, 35; tracks in all strata, 36; discovery\u003cbr\u003e    of tracks, 37; tracks of Dinosaurs, 39; species named from\u003cbr\u003e    tracks, 41; footprints aid in determining attitude of animals,\u003cbr\u003e    43; tracks at Carson City, 45; references, 47.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    IV. RULERS OF THE ANCIENT SEAS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    The Mosasaurs, 49; history of the first known Mosasaur, 50; jaws\u003cbr\u003e    of reptiles, 53; extinction of Mosasaurs, 55; the sea-serpent,\u003cbr\u003e    56; Zeuglodon, 58; its habits, 59; Koch's Hydrarchus, 61; bones\u003cbr\u003e    collected by Mr. Schuchert, 63; abundance of sharks, 64; the\u003cbr\u003e    great Carcharodon, 65; arrangement of sharks' teeth, 67;\u003cbr\u003e    references, 68.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    V. BIRDS OF OLD\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    Earliest birds, 70; wings, 71; study of young animals, 73; the\u003cbr\u003e    curious Hoactzin, 74; first intimation of birds, 76;\u003cbr\u003e    Archæopteryx, 77; birds with teeth, 78; cretaceous birds, 79;\u003cbr\u003e    Hesperornis, 80; loss of power of flight, 81; covering of\u003cbr\u003e    Hesperornis, 82; attitude of Hesperornis, 83; curious position\u003cbr\u003e    of legs, 84; toothed birds disappointing, 85; early development\u003cbr\u003e    of birds, 86; eggs of early birds, 87; references, 88.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    VI. THE DINOSAURS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    Discovery of Dinosaur remains, 90; nearest relatives of\u003cbr\u003e    Dinosaurs, 91; relation of birds to reptiles, 92; brain of\u003cbr\u003e    Dinosaurs, 93; parallel between Dinosaurs and Marsupials, 95;\u003cbr\u003e    the great Brontosaurus, 96; food of Dinosaurs, 97; habits of\u003cbr\u003e    Diplodocus, 99; the strange Australian Moloch, 100; combats of\u003cbr\u003e    Triceratops, 101; skeleton of Triceratops, 102; Thespesius and\u003cbr\u003e    his kin, 104; the carnivorous Ceratosaurus, 106; Stegosaurus,\u003cbr\u003e    the plated lizard, 106; preferences, 109.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    VII. READING THE RIDDLES OF THE ROCKS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    Fossils regarded as sports of nature, 111; qualifications of a\u003cbr\u003e    successful collector, 112; chances of collecting, 114;\u003cbr\u003e    excavation of fossils, 115; strengthening fossils for shipment,\u003cbr\u003e    117; great size of some specimens, 118; the preparation of\u003cbr\u003e    fossils, 119; mistakes of anatomists, 120; reconstruction of\u003cbr\u003e    Triceratops, 121; distinguishing characters of bones, 122; the\u003cbr\u003e    skeleton a problem in mechanics, 124; clothing the bones with\u003cbr\u003e    flesh, 127; the covering of animals, 127; outside ornamentation,\u003cbr\u003e    129; probabilities in the covering of animals, 130; impressions\u003cbr\u003e    of extinct animals, 131; mistaken inferences from bones of\u003cbr\u003e    Mammoth, 133; coloring of large land animals, 134; color\u003cbr\u003e    markings of young animals, 136; references, 137.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    VIII. FEATHERED GIANTS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    Legend of the Moa, 139; our knowledge of the Moas, 141; some\u003cbr\u003e    Moas wingless, 142; deposits of Moa bones, 143; legend of the\u003cbr\u003e    Roc, 144; discovery of Æpyornis, 145; large-sounding names, 146;\u003cbr\u003e    eggs of great birds, 147; the Patagonian Phororhacos, 149; the\u003cbr\u003e    huge Brontornis, 150; development of giant birds, 153;\u003cbr\u003e    distribution of flightless birds, 154; relation between\u003cbr\u003e    flightlessness and size, 156; references, 156.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    IX. THE ANCESTRY OF THE HORSE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    North America in the Eocene age, 160; appearance of early\u003cbr\u003e    horses, 163; early domestication of the horse, 165; the toes of\u003cbr\u003e    horses, 166; Miocene horses small, 167; evidence of genealogy of\u003cbr\u003e    the horse, 170; meaning of abnormalities, 170; changes in the\u003cbr\u003e    climate and animals of the West, 174; references, 176.","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47101171433712,"sku":"2940016110615","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940016110615","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}