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"Major advances in our understanding of the history of life on Earth have resulted from the study of exceptionally well-preserved fossil sites (Lagerstätten). Study of such sites from around the world and from different periods in geological time can provide a fairly complete picture of the evolution of ecosystems down the ages ... The authors have brought together succinct summaries of 14 of the better-known fossil Lagerstätten ... Following a general introduction to fossil Lagerstätten, each chapter deals with a single fossil site and follows the same format: its evolutionary position and significance; its background sedimentology, stratigraphy and palaeoenvironment; a description of the biota and palaeoecology, and a comparison with other similar Lagerstätten. There is an appendix of relevant museums and suggestions for visiting the sites"--Page 4 of cover.

Evolutionary paleoecology. --- Fossils --- Shale. --- Evolutionary paleoecology --- Paleontological excavations --- Paleontology --- Fossilogy --- Fossilology --- Palaeontology --- Paleontology, Zoological --- Paleozoology --- Historical geology --- Zoology --- Prehistoric animals in motion pictures --- Excavation sites (Paleontology) --- Excavations, Paleontological --- Fossil digs --- Fossil Lagerstätten --- Fossil localities --- Fossil sites --- Lagerstaetten --- Lagerstätten --- Localities, Fossil --- Paleontological sites --- Sites, Excavation (Paleontology) --- Sites, Fossil --- Evolutionary paleobiology --- Paleoecology