Visions of a Vanished World: The Extraordinary Fossils of the Hunsrück Slate

by Christoph Bartels, Jes Rust, Gabriele Kuhl, et al.

A spectacular collectible volume, with masterful photographs and expert commentary on some of the world's most striking fossils

About four hundred million years ago earthquake activity and possibly major storms caused sudden movements of large quantities of muddy sediment along the seafloor. Animal communities in the path of these sediment-laden flows were instantly engulfed, the inhabitants "frozen" in the last moment of their lives...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300184603
• ISBN13: 9780300184600
• Release Date: December 2012
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 2.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 10.1" x 11.8"