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Chinese Fossil Vertebrates

By Spencer G. Lucas

Book information

Publisher
Columbia University Press
Year
2001
ISBN
9780231084833, 0231084838, 023108482X
Open Library ID
OL9362697M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
30 MB (31437617 bytes)
Pages
390\390
Topic
Biology
Library
duansci.com
Time added
2010-05-17 00:23:50

Description

There seems to be a fly-over tone and quality to this book. It lacks flow and cohesion. The photo quality is indeed poor. Lucas also mis-cites Henry Fairfield Osborn's theorizing -- the citation should be to Osborn's article in Science (April 13, 1900), particularly at p. 567, not his later 1910 book publication. As to recounting the Central Asiatic Expeditions, the treatment is uneven and somewhat speculative. Also, some spellings are inconsistent: eg., "Granter" (caption Figure 2-10) vs. "Granger" (text, p. 24), and neither is found in the Index; "William Morris" (p. 24) actually was "Frederick B. Morris," and, again, neither is found in the Index; the expedition sequence on p. 24 is muddled (incorrect use of "First," "Second," etc.) and also ignores those made in China beginning in 1921; and etc.

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