三叶虫收藏家指南 The Trilobite Collectors Guide

基本信息

Format:Hardback 472 pages, 357 color photographs

Publisher:Columbia University Press

Imprint:Columbia University Press

ISBN:9780231213806

Published:23 Jan 2024

Weight:1972g

Dimensions:286 x 368 x 35 (mm)

页面参数仅供参考，具体以实物为准

书籍简介

超过 2.5 亿年的时间里，古生代的原始海洋中充满了三叶虫。这些顽强的无脊椎动物进化成令人惊讶的独立物种——新统计显示超过 25,000 个——而关于这些曾经无处不在的生物，仍有许多未知之处。化石爱好者被三叶虫的多样性和适应性所吸引，为有机会一窥超然奇异的过去而着迷。

安迪·塞切尔（Andy Secher）是世界上多产的三叶虫收藏家之一，他带领读者踏上一段有趣而富有启发性的旅程，回到这些古代节肢动物成群结队穿越海洋的遥远时代。《三叶虫收藏家指南》列出了一系列“十大”清单，涵盖了从知名的寒武纪地点和世界化石展览到无价的收藏技巧和识别假三叶虫的方法等所有内容。这些章节生动活泼，诙谐幽默，列举了三叶虫的所有美丽和奇特之处，从常见的到极其罕见的，从极其古老的到最后一批。《三叶虫收藏指南》展示了 350 多张全彩照片，大部分是塞切尔个人收藏的令人惊叹的标本，充分展示了三叶虫惊人的多样性和复杂性。这本书引人入胜、内容丰富，让读者以特别的方式了解三叶虫的世界。

For more than 250 million years, the primeval oceans of the Paleozoic teemed with trilobites. These hardy invertebrates evolved into an astonishing array of separate species―more than 25,000 at last count―and much remains unknown about these once-ubiquitous creatures. Fossil enthusiasts are captivated by trilobites’ diversity and adaptability, enthralled by the possibility of catching a glimpse of a transcendently strange past.

Andy Secher―one of the most prolific trilobite collectors in the world―takes readers on an entertaining and enlightening journey to the distant epoch when these ancient arthropods swarmed through the seas. The Trilobite Collector’s Guide presents a series of “Top Ten” lists covering everything from celebrated Cambrian localities and world-class fossil shows to invaluable collecting tips and ways to spot a fake trilobite. These brisk and often witty chapters enumerate trilobites in all their beauty and strangeness, from the most common to the ridiculously rare, the outrageously old to the last in line. The Trilobite Collector’s Guide showcases more than 350 full-color photographs, mostly of stunning specimens from Secher’s personal collection, that put trilobites’ staggering variety and complexity on full display. Engaging and informative, this book lets readers see the world of trilobites as it’s never been seen before.

作者简介

安迪·塞彻 (Andy Secher) 在美国自然历史博物馆担任古生物学领域的助理已有 20 多年。他管理着世界上颇大的私人三叶虫收藏之一。塞彻是《与三叶虫一起旅行：古生代历险记》(哥伦比亚出版社，2022 年) 的作者，曾长期担任摇滚音乐杂志《Hit Parader》的编辑。

理查德·福泰 (Richard Fortey) 曾是伦敦自然历史博物馆化石节肢动物研究的负责人。

梅兰妮·J·霍普金斯 (Melanie J. Hopkins) 是美国自然历史博物馆古生物学部门的主席和负责化石无脊椎动物的馆长。

Andy 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 Travels with Trilobites: Adventures in the Paleozoic (Columbia, 2022) and was the long-time editor of the rock music magazine Hit Parader.

Richard Fortey is the former head of fossil arthropod research at the Natural History Museum, London.

Melanie J. Hopkins is chair of the Division of Paleontology and curator in charge of fossil invertebrates at the American Museum of Natural History.