Displaying 1 of 1 2012 Format: Book Author: Fortey, Richard A. Title: Horseshoe crabs and velvet worms : the story of the animals and plants that time has left behind / by Richard Fortey. Edition: 1st Vintage books ed. Publisher, Date: New York : Vintage Books, 2012. Description: xv, 332 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 21 cm 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." Subjects: Arthropoda -- Conservation. Invertebrates -- Conservation. Limulus polyphemus -- Conservation. Living fossils. Worms. Plant conservation. Other Title: Survivors Notes: "Originally published as Survivors in Great Britain by HarperPress, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, London." Includes bibliographical references and index. 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. ISBN: 9780307275530 0307275531 9780307263612 0307263614 Other Number: 820814904 System Availability: 2 Current Holds: 0 # Local items: 2 Control Number: 316056 # Local items in: 2 # System items in: 2 Call Number: 595 Fortey Place Hold Add to My List Expand All | Collapse All Availability Map It Suggestions and more Displaying 1 of 1
