Life in the Devonian
Wouter Südkamp: Identification book Hunsrück Slate fossils
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The Hunsrück Slate in
south-western Germany belongs to the most important fossil deposits of
the world. The sediments came into being in the former subtropical
shallow sea during the Devonian age for more as 400 million years ago.
Thanks to the special geologic conditions the Hunsrück Slate turned out
to be a valuable “archive” with an exceptionally preserved and diverse
fossil flora and fauna.
It dates from the
period, in which the dry land was conquered by the first real land
plants and fishes and cephalopods, like ammonoids, developed rapidly and
occupied the ecological niches in the head of water.
The ophiuroid
Protasteracanthion. Attached to it is the
crinoid
Parisangulocrinus.
The association further composes, in clockwise
direction, the
crinoid Thallocrinus,
two orthoconic nautiloids and the
mitrate
Anatifopsis.
Front cover the the book
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The book is the most complete summary of these
remarkable fossils. Ca. 190 genera are presented and the reader becomes
aid in assigning the fossils. Of each genus the characteristics, rarity and finding localitie(s) and
eventually an explanation of the name, species description, size
reference and peculiarities are mentioned. All genera are illustrated
with one or more pictures. In this book several specimens from private as
well as museum collections are shown for the first time, including many
fossils never previously-portrayed (in a book). Among them are not only
aesthetically appealing specimens but also the smaller fossils,
frequently overlooked by the splitters.
The book (in English and German language) turns
its attention not only to researchers and students of earth sciences and
biology, curators of collections in natural history museums, but also to
amateur geologists, fossil collectors as well as to natural historian
readers (from the region).
The crustaceanamorph Cambronatus
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Two bristle worms Hunsrueckochaeta
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The asteroid Palaeosolaster |
The placoderm Lunaspis |
Wouter Südkamp:
Life in Devonian - Identification book Hunsrück Slate fossils
Version: 176 pages, 24 x 30
cm, 275 colour photographs and drawings, hard cover:
Languages: English
and German
Publisher: Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfeil, Munich, Germany
Price: 48,00 €
ISBN 978-3-89937-221-2
The book is available after the book launch on July 16th 2017.
You can download a handout here:
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(Emeritus professor
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„I am very glad that you have done this writing. It is interesting and
helpful to many people.”
(Dr Frederick H.C. Hotchkiss, Director Marine and
Paleobiological Research Institute, Vineyard Haven, Massachusetts, USA).
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(Dr Imran
Rahman, Research Fellow, School of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol,
Bristol, Great Brittan).
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