Palaeontologia Polonica: No. 13: Psammosteiformes (Agnatha) - A Review with the Descriptions of New Material From the Lower Devonian of Poland (General Part) by Tarlo, L. Beverly Halstead - 1964-01-01

Panstwowe Wydawnictwo, 1964-01-01. Paperback. Good. In English. 1964 First edition, Panstwowe Wydawnictwo Narkowe (Warsaw, Poland) 8 3/8 x 6 inches tall, vii, 135 pp. plus fourteen full-pages plates with descriptions on facing page. Paperbound in brown wraps. Prior owner's stamp, staining, rubbing and edgewear to covers. Bumping to lower corner of book. Some unopened signatures. Otherwise, a very good copy - clean, bright and unmarked. Note that this is a heavy and oversized book, so additional postage will be required for international or priority orders. ~WW~ Contents: Preface; Introduction (iunternal anatomy of the Heterostraci, Stratigraphical range and geographical distribution of the Heterostraci); History of previous research; Classification of the psammosteids; Ornamentation and growth of dermal armour; Histology of dermal armour; Stratigraphical range and geographical distribution of the psammosteids; Origin and evolution of the psammosteids; Appendices; References; Alphabetical indices (Index of authors and Palaeontological index); Plates I - XIV and their legends. Association copy: The prior owner, Craig Black (1932-1998), was a respected Vertebrate Paleontologist and Professor who served as Curator and later Director of Carnegie Museum of National History, and from 1982 until his retirement in 1994, Director of the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County.