Footprints in Stone: Fossil Traces of Coal-Age Tetrapods

by Ronald James Buta, David C. Kopaska-Merkel, Ronald J. Buta .

The Steven C. Minkin (Union Chapel) Paleozoic Footprint Site ranks among the most important fossil sites in the world today, and Footprints in Stone recounts the accidental revelation of its existence and detailed findings about its fossil record.

Currently 2,500 miles from the equator and more than 250 miles north of the Gulf of Mexico, the Minkin site was a swampy tropical forest adjacent to a tidal flat during the Coal Age or Carboniferous...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0817358447
• ISBN13: 9780817358440
• Release Date: July 2016
• Publisher: University Alabama Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 2.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 7.3" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 12 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 7 to Postsecondary