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xi | (2) |
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| Preface |
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xiii | (4) |
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| Acknowledgments |
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| Geologic Calendar |
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1 Collecting Mazon Creek Fossils at Pit 11: Amateur Perspective |
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1 | (2) |
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2 History of Coal Mining in Northeastern Illinois |
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3 | (13) |
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3 Geologic Setting of the Mazon Creek Area Fossil Deposit |
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16 | (5) |
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4A Fossil Distribution and Fossil Associations |
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21 | (6) |
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4B Relative Abundance of Different Mazon Creek Organisms: A Closer Look at "Abundant," "Scarce," and "Rare" |
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27 | (3) |
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4C Francis Creek Diagenetic Events |
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30 | (5) |
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5A Paleoenvironmental Setting of the Mazon Creek Biota |
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35 | (17) |
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5B Regional, Temporal, and Evolutionary Significance of the Mazon Creek Biota |
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52 | (5) |
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57 | (7) |
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64 | (20) |
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84 | (5) |
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7C Wormlike Animals: Enteropneusta (Acorn Worms) |
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89 | (4) |
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8A Bivalvia Including descriptions of two new species |
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93 | (24) |
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117 | (3) |
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120 | (4) |
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124 | (7) |
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9 Introduction to Arthropods |
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131 | (3) |
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134 | (6) |
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140 | (15) |
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Including a section on the Ricinuleida by Paul A. Selden |
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155 | (17) |
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13 Myriapods and Arthropleurids |
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172 | (12) |
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184 | (10) |
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14B Mazon Creek Insect Fossils: The Origin of Insect Wings and Clues about the Origin of Insect Metamorphosis |
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194 | (14) |
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208 | (3) |
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15B Euthycarcinoids and Thylacocephalans |
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211 | (4) |
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215 | (4) |
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219 | (4) |
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223 | (3) |
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17 Fishes: "Agnatha," Acanthodii, and Osteichthyes |
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226 | (18) |
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18 Cartilaginous Fishes (Chondrichthyes) |
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244 | (12) |
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Including a description of a new fossil shark by David Bardack |
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19 Tetrapods (Amphibians and Reptiles) |
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256 | (14) |
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270 | (5) |
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Eugene S. Richardson, Jr. |
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21 Coprolites and Trace Fossils (Biogenic Structures) |
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275 | (6) |
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Including a section on fossilized eggs by Stephen J. Godfrey |
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A Freeze-Thawing Technique for Opening Nodules |
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281 | (2) |
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B Taxonomy of Mazon Creek Fauna |
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283 | (9) |
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C Names of Mazon Creek Fossils Honoring Collectors |
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292 | (1) |
| Abbreviations for Fossil Collections |
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293 | (1) |
| Authors |
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294 | (4) |
| Reviewers |
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298 | (2) |
| Taxonomic Index |
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300 | (5) |
| Index |
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