Simon J. Knell
The great fossil enigma
Simon J. Knell · 2012
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Stephen Jay Gould borrowed from Winston Churchill when he described the conodont animal as a "riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma." This animal confounded science for more than a century. Some thought it a slug, others a fish, a worm, a plant, even a primitive ancestor of ourselves.
Book details
- Year
- 2012
- Language
- English
- Series
- Life of the past
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press
- Editions
- 2
- Pages
- 413
- ISBN
- 9780253006042
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