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Author Cooper, Michael R., author

Title The cretaceous fossils of South-Central Africa : an illustrated guide / M.R. Cooper
Published London : CRC Press / Balkema, [2018]

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Contents Cover; Title; Copyright; Index; Introduction; Eustasy; Milankovitch cycles; The breakup of Gondwana; Vicariance; The terminal Cretaceous extinction event; Regional Geology; Namibia; Northern Cape; Western Cape; Lesotho; Swaziland; Eastern Cape; KwaZulu-Natal; Moçambique; Zimbabwe; Angola; Malawi; Zambia; Tanzania; References; Illustrations of Cretaceous fossils
Summary This book serves as an introduction to the Cretaceous geology and palaeontology of south-central Africa, covering the whole of Southern and Eastern Africa and Angola. Fifty two plates illustrate almost 1000 species and provide a field guide to the macrofossils of the subcontinent. The book will be of value to field geologists, students and non-specialists with an interest in the natural world. A bibliography of the Cretaceous palaeontology and stratigraphy of the subcontinent is provided
Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on November 16, 2018)
Subject Fossils -- Africa, Southern
Fossils -- Africa, Central
Paleontology -- Cretaceous.
NATURE -- Animals -- Dinosaurs & Prehistoric Creatures.
NATURE -- Fossils.
SCIENCE -- Paleontology.
Cretaceous Geologic Period
Fossils
Paleontology
Central Africa
Southern Africa
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2021761426
ISBN 9780429442971
0429442971
9780429810695
0429810695
9780429810688
0429810687