Charles Doolittle Walcott fue un paleontólogo reconocido por su descubrimiento de los fósiles de Burgess Shale en Canadá a principios del siglo XX. En gran medida autodidacta, Walcott ascendió en su carrera a través de puestos en el Museo del Estado de Nueva York y el Servicio Geológico de los Estados Unidos (USGS), llegando a ser director del USGS. Fue fundamental en la configuración de la política científica estadounidense a través de su participación en numerosos comités científicos y gubernamentales. Sus descubrimientos avanzaron significativamente nuestra comprensión de la vida temprana en la Tierra.
This book is a comprehensive study of Cambrian geology and paleontology, with a special focus on trilobites. It was first published in 1805 and updated in 1908 by Charles Doolittle Walcott and Charles Elmer Resser.
Excerpt from Cambrian Geology and Paleontology Derivation. - From the town of St. Charles, near the typical locality. The stream flowing through St. Charles passes over the formation. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.