Palaeontology from Lems Bookshop

The book presents evidence that insects interacted as prey, as competitors for plant food, and vectors of dinosaur diseases - with the hypothesis that insects contributed to the extinction of the dinosaurs. 264 pages with 16 pages of colour and 39 figures throughout. Book in very good+ condition and would have been better but for split with binding showing… Read more about this item

Aims to assist the student and collector in identifying the molluscs preserved in South Australian rocks during the Quaternary Period. Five main chapters, Fossils; Molluscs; Pleistocene Period; Holocene Period; Terrestrial Molluscs. 327 pages with 82 figures, 23 colour plates, and 2 tables. Book in very good condition with first and last twenty five pages minor knock.

The life and evolution of vertebrates - a combined account of the embryology, physiology, biochemistry, palaeontology, and ecology of all vertebrates. 820 pages with 514 Figures in the text. Book in very good condition with previous owners name inside front cover. Cover has some wear (see photos).

Contains about 850 entries over 160 pages with at least one illustration on each page. Part of Illustrated Science Dictionaries series for children. Book in good+ condition with light tanning and small tear top spine and some wear to cover (see photo).

At the end of the nineteenth century in China, amateur fossil hunters knew that a ready supply of fossils could be found in Chinese backstreets sold as dragon bones to be ground down to be made into powerful medicines. When the sources of these fossils were tracked down sites rich with fossil remains were found including the ancestors of mankind… Read more about this item

A compact study guide and identifier for the dinosaur enthusiast. Dinosaur origins, different groups, characteristics, how they lived and what they ate and concise information about 39 specific dinosaurs including colour illustrations. 80 pages. Book and dust jacket in near fine condition.

The crucial episodes in Earth's vast history linked to theories of evolution and extinction, and the advent of man. 246 pages with 85 Figures throughout the text. Book in very good condition with light tanning and price crossed out on cover.

A collection of stories by ten palaeontologists about their journeys of discovery and passion for the natural world and about inquiring minds, fate, dreams and achievements, and the fossil regions of South Australia. 116 pages with colour photographs throughout. Book in as new condition.

The main groups of organisms found as fossils, their age, how to find and extract them and their value to science. 223 pages with 80 pages of colour photographs, 12 pages of maps and over 40 text illustrations. Book in very good+ condition with previous owners sticker inside front cover and minor foxing to top edge. Dust jacket in very… Read more about this item

The process of fossilization, how we trace evolution with fossils, how fossils are classified, where fossils can be found today. 320 pages with 26 colour photographs. Book in near fine condition. Bonus booklet on Trilobites.

A concise account of some of the wonderful things that are recorded in the Great Stone Book of the Earth - the world was not always as it is today. The author takes the reader on an epoch journey through time from the beginning of the Earth to the Age of Man. 365 pages with 111 Plates with 30 in… Read more about this item

A Dorling Kindersley Book first published in Australia by Readers Digest - a Pockets guide. An insight into the origin, formation, and variety of fossils and information on how to find and collect fossils. 160 pages with colour photographs throughout. Book in near fine condition.

How dinosaurs developed flight, the latest discoveries in China, the USA, Europe and Australia, and can we use a chicken to bring back dinosaurs. 215 pages with 16 pages of colour illustrations. Book in near fine condition.

In November 1997 a team of palaeontologists and geologists mounted an expedition to the badlands of Patagonia in Argentina - they discovered a kind of dinosaur maternity ward, the largest prehistoric nesting ground ever found covering more than a square mile littered with tens of thousands dinosaur eggs. In 1999 they returned and found more fossils. 219 pages with 18… Read more about this item

A collection of essays covering six years of writing - a history of our struggle to understand nature. 540 pages with illustrations in the text. Book in very good+ condition with minor spotting to top edge. Dust jacket in very good+ condition.

The evolution of the idea of evolution - all we have learned about the shaping of life on earth in the decades since Darwin, recounting the personal battles, sacrifices, and triumphs. 418 pages with 16 pages of black and white photographs and figures in the text. Book in good+ condition ex library with reference on first and last pages, stamp… Read more about this item

An introduction to the study of how and where animals and plants lived in the past. The first textbook on paleoecology in the English language. 371 pages with figures throughout the text. Book in very good+ condition with previous owners name on first page and small booksellers sticker inside front cover.

How did the major groups of plants and animals arise? Is Nature fundamentally discontinuous with no need for intermediate species as proposed by the theory of evolution. 368 pages with figures throughout the text. Book in very good condition ex library with sticker on title page, reference on back endpaper and borrowing sleeve remnants inside back cover. Dust jacket in… Read more about this item

The evolutionary patterns of dinosaurs, discovery of dinosaur fossils, how fossils are located, excavated, preserved and displayed; details on individual dinosaurs; how they functioned; and their environment. 288 pages with 100 Plates and 48 Figures. Book in very good condition with previous owners signature on front endpaper, and sticky tape remnants on front and back endpapers. Dust jacket in good… Read more about this item

The emergence of biological forms in evolution, particularly the origin and nature of the characteristics that distinguishes different types of organism - the large scale aspects of biological form rather than small scale, local adaptations put forward by Darwin. 233 pages with 8 pages of colour illustrations and figures throughout the text. Book in very good+ condition.