History of the Coelacanth Fishes
Title | History of the Coelacanth Fishes PDF eBook |
Author | Peter Forey |
Publisher | Springer Science & Business Media |
Pages | 478 |
Release | 1997-11-30 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 9780412784804 |
This book evaluates the reputation of the coelacanth, presenting up-to-date accounts of the structure of fossil coelacanths, and suggests a family history to show that there have been subtle but significant changes in coelacanth history.
Fossil Fish Found Alive
Title | Fossil Fish Found Alive PDF eBook |
Author | Sally M. Walker |
Publisher | Carolrhoda Books |
Pages | 76 |
Release | 2002 |
Genre | Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | 1575055368 |
Describes the 1938 discovery of the coelacanth, a fish previously believed to be extinct, and subsequent research about it.
A Fish Caught in Time
Title | A Fish Caught in Time PDF eBook |
Author | Samantha Weinberg |
Publisher | Harper Collins |
Pages | 242 |
Release | 2001-02-06 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 0060932856 |
The coelacanth (see-lo-canth) is no ordinary fish. Five feet long, with luminescent eyes and limb like fins, this bizarre creature, presumed to be extinct, was discovered in 1938 by an amateur icthyologist who recognized it from fossils dating back 400 million years. The discovery was immediately dubbed the "greatest scientific find of the century," but the excitement that ensued was even more incredible. This is the entrancing story of that most rare and precious fish -- our own great-uncle forty million times removed.
Mystery Fish
Title | Mystery Fish PDF eBook |
Author | Sally M. Walker |
Publisher | Millbrook Press |
Pages | 52 |
Release | 2006-01-01 |
Genre | Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | 9781575056388 |
Examines the coelacanth, a type of fish that scientists thought had become extinct during the time of dinosaurs, until a live one was discovered in 1938.
Living Fossil: The Story of the Coelacanth
Title | Living Fossil: The Story of the Coelacanth PDF eBook |
Author | Keith Stewart Thomson |
Publisher | W. W. Norton & Company |
Pages | 256 |
Release | 1992-07-17 |
Genre | Nature |
ISBN | 0393308685 |
Tells the story of a fish, the coelacanth, thought extinct for 70 million years, which was discovered in 1938 in the Indian Ocean.
The Annotated Old Fourlegs
Title | The Annotated Old Fourlegs PDF eBook |
Author | Mike Bruton |
Publisher | |
Pages | 328 |
Release | 2018 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 9780813064642 |
"When the famous South African fish scientist Professor JLB Smith published Old Fourlegs - The Story of the Coelacanth in 1956 he created an international sensation. After all, this 400-million-year-old fish, known only from fossil remains, was thought to have become extinct around 66 million years ago! JLB Smith's dramatic account of the discovery of the first and second coelacanths in 1938 and 1952 turned him into a cult figure and put South African science on the world map. His book was eventually published in six English editions and translated into nine foreign languages. Mike Bruton's The Annotated Old Fourlegs includes a facsimile reprint of the original book, to which he has added notes and images in the margins that provide an interesting and revealing commentary on Smith's text, as well as new introductory and explanatory chapters that bring the coelacanth story up to date" - Publisher's website.
Mystery Fish
Title | Mystery Fish PDF eBook |
Author | Sally M. Walker |
Publisher | Lerner Books [UK] |
Pages | 52 |
Release | 2008-01-01 |
Genre | Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | 1580133452 |
The author tells the story of the discovery of and attempt to study the Coelacanth, a fish thought to have become extinct at the same time as the dinosaurs.