Resurrecting the shark : a scientific obsession and the mavericks who solved the mystery of a 270-million-year-old fossil /: a scientific obsession and the mavericks who solved the mystery of a 270-million-year-old fossil. ([2017])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Susan Ewing.
• Authors: Ewing, Susan, 1954-
• Contents: Lasting impressions -- The shark bites -- Right shark, wrong name -- First, cousins -- Whorl of fortune -- Karpinsky makes the call: helicoprion -- A shiver of sharks -- Signs of life -- The art of obsession -- The new guard -- Resurrection, one slice at a time -- Coming to terms -- To the summit and beyond -- Shark is a verb.
• Publisher Details: New York : Pegasus Books
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource (282 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates), illustrations, chiefly color, portraits
• Subjects: 567/.3; Helicoprion; Sharks, Fossil; Sharks; Fossils; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781681773926; 1681773929
• Related ISBNs: 9781681773438; 1681773430
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-276) and index.; Note: Print version record.
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• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.