Description
Book SynopsisShows how ancient trace fossils directly relate to modern traces and tracemakers, among them, insects, grasses, crabs, shorebirds, alligators, and sea turtles
Trade ReviewThis book provides a hefty summary of [Martin's] research; it is scientifically rigorous but still tells a good story, and is often quite humorous. Detailed descriptions of plant, invertebrate, and vertebrate traces are accompanied by many photos and diagrams. . . . Highly recommended.
* Choice *
Anthony Martin has done an excellent job in presenting the field of ichnology in an engaging and entertaining way that will hopefully inspire a new generation of ichnologists.
* Priscum *
For a teacher who takes students to beaches or barrier islands, this is an excellent comprehensive guide that reveals the surface and depths of traces found in maritime forests, dunes, beaches and tidal flats. Martin's book is not just a low country boil, it is a feast salted with humor and insights.
* This View of Life *
This tour de force is of far greater general interest than the title might suggest...[It] provides a hefty summary of [Martin's] research; it is scientifically rigorous but still tells a good story, and is often quite humorous. Detailed descriptions of plant, invertebrate, and vertebrate traces are accompanied by many photos and diagrams....Highly recommended.
Table of ContentsPreface and Acknowledgments
1. Introduction to Ichnology of the Georgia Coast
2. History of the Georgia Coast and Its Ichnology
3. Tracemaker Habitats and Substrates
4. Marginal-Marine and Terrestrial Plants
5. Terrestrial Invertebrates
6. Marginal-Marine Invertebrates
7. Terrestrial Vertebrates, Part I: Fish, Amphibians, Reptiles
8. Terrestrial Vertebrates, Part II: Birds and Mammals
9. Marginal-Marine and Marine Vertebrates
10. Trace Fossils and the Georgia Coast
11. Future Studies, Future Traces
Appendix
Bibliography
Index
