{"product_id":"trilobites-a-to-z-a-paleozoic-encyclopedia-hardcover","title":"Trilobites A to Z: A Paleozoic Encyclopedia - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAndy Secher\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eDavid Rudkin\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by), \u003cb\u003eGregory Edgecombe\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTrilobites are among the most remarkable lifeforms ever to exist. First emerging 521 million years ago, these organisms--animals with highly developed eyes, sturdy walking legs, and protective outer shells--evolved into more than 25,000 scientifically recognized species. During their 270 million years of inhabiting the ancient seas, trilobites proliferated into an ever more fanciful cast of characters, from graceful Cambrian olenellids to robust Ordovician asaphids to spine-covered Devonian phacopids. Their fossil remains, which today can be found on every continent, testify to the astonishing breadth and scope of trilobite heterogeneity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eTrilobites A to Z\u003c\/i\u003e is the ultimate reference guide to these incredible invertebrates. It features reader-friendly, concise yet information-packed introductions to nearly 1,500 trilobite species, each accompanied by a full-color photograph. Grouped according to periods within the Paleozoic era, the book illuminates the similarities and differences among trilobite specimens from around the globe, bringing to life the complexity and beauty of these long-extinct creatures in all their variety. Andy Secher--one of the world's leading trilobite collectors--also offers practical guidance for readers seeking to identify specimens of their own. Comprehensive and entertainingly written, this essential encyclopedia will inform and delight trilobite enthusiasts and collectors as well as students and scholars of invertebrate paleontology.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAndy Secher has been a field associate in paleontology at the American Museum of Natural History for more than two decades. He curates one of the world's largest private trilobite collections. Secher is the author of \u003ci\u003eTravels with Trilobites: Adventures in the Paleozoic\u003c\/i\u003e (Columbia, 2022) and \u003ci\u003eThe Trilobite Collector's Guide\u003c\/i\u003e (Columbia, 2024), and he was the longtime editor of the rock music magazine \u003ci\u003eHit Parader\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDavid Rudkin is the former assistant curator of invertebrate paleontology at the Royal Ontario Museum.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGreg Edgecombe is a merit researcher in the Department of Earth Sciences at the Natural History Museum, London.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 472\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.3 x 11 x 8.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 27, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67924581318963,"sku":"9780231223300","price":178.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/eXFek_0w-U9780231223300.webp?v=1793832626","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/trilobites-a-to-z-a-paleozoic-encyclopedia-hardcover","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}