The History of Fossils Over Centuries From Folklore to Science
This book discusses the history of invertebrate fossil understanding and classification by exploring fossil studies between the 15th and 18th centuries. Before the modern age, the understanding of fossil findings went through several phases. The treatment by philologists, philosophers and historians...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Springer International Publishing
2022, 2022
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2022 |
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Table of Contents:
- Chapter1. Introduction
- Chapter2. Fossilia and fossils: considerations on their understanding over the centuries
- Chapter3. Fossils, stones and magic
- Chapter4. The classification of living beings: Carl Nilsson Linnæus and systematics
- Chapter5. The "Giuseppe Bellucci" Amulet Collection
- Chapter6. Quaestio de fossilibus - Glossopetre, Snake tongues, Ceraunie
- Chapter7. Ichthyodontoliths, bony fish teeth - Bufonites, Snake eyes
- Chapter8. Corals - Stellaria or Stregonia stone
- Chapter9. Nummulites - Devil's Coins
- Chapter10. Mollusca
- Chapter11. Polyplacophora or Chitons- Oscabryons
- Chapter12. Bivalvia - Devil's nails
- Chapter13. Curiosity: The Strange Mussels of Mr Van Aken
- Chapter14. Gastropoda - Opercula, Eyes of St. Lucia
- Chapter15. Scaphopoda - Shrieking Bones - Sympathetic Straws
- Chapter16. Cephalopoda: Belemnoidea - Lyncurium - Lynx stone - Points of Lightning
- Chapter17. Cephalopoda: Ammonoidea - Ammon's horns, Stone snakes
- Chapter18. Brachiopoda - Histerolithi
- Chapter19. Echinodermata
- Chapter20. Echinoidea - Snake eggs, Judaic Stones, Ombrie
- Chapter21. Crinoidea - Fairy coins
- Chapter22. Asteroidea and Ophiuroidea
- Chapter23. Arthropoda: Trilobite - Enthomolithi
- Chapter24. Coffee break - Chelicerata Heymons, 1901
- Chapter25. Arthropoda: Crustacea
- Chapter26. Crustacea: Cirripeda - Balani, Lepas & Ducks