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Re: paleonet Optocentrism alert: 'Fossils of the Chalk' published today



The 'mention' starts on page one and carries on until about halfway down
page three.  We shall be happy to mark it in orange day-glo highlighter in
the copy that Dr Van Couvering is doubtless at this very moment ordering
from us...

best wishes!

Tim Palmer

At 09:51 22/08/02 -0700, you wrote:
>Interesting that a volume on Fossils of the Chalk should blandly overlook 
>the coccoliths, of which the Chalk is essentially composed.  Surely a 
>mention, a few images.. ?  Maurice Black so soon forgotten?  We only 
>considered fossils visible to the human eye, you explain.  Optocentric 
>bias, I calls it.
>
>John Van Couvering
>nothing to do of course with Editor, Micropaleontology Press
>
>At 11:10 AM 8/22/2002 +0100, you wrote:
>>The Palaeontological Association's latest volume in the 'Field Guides to
>>Fossils' series is a revised and enlarged edition of the 'Fossils of the
>>Chalk.  There are separate chapters on: sponges, corals, serpulids,
>>bryozoans, brachiopods, bivalves, gastropods, ammonites, nautiloids,
>>arthropods, echinoderms, fishes, and reptiles.
>>
>>Full reference details are:
>>
>>Fossils of the Chalk; 2nd ed., revised and enlarged.  Edited by AB Smith
>>and DJ Batten.  374 pp; 66 pls; 33 text-figs.  ISBN 0-901702-78-1; ISSN
>>0962-5321.  Published by The Palaeontological Association; price £14.00,
>>$28.00, €28.00.  Available from <palass@palass.org> and:
>>
>>Tim Palmer
>>
>>
>>
>>Dr Tim Palmer C.Geol., F.G.S.
>>Executive Officer, The Palaeontological Association
>>I.G.E.S., University of Wales
>>Aberystwyth SY23 3DB
>>Wales, U.K.
>>
>>Phone/Answerphone: +44 (0) 1970 627107
>>Fax: +44 (0) 1970 622659
>>Secretary: +44 (0) 1970 622643
>>E-mail: palass@palass.org
>>Web: www.palass.org
>
>
>
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Dr Tim Palmer C.Geol., F.G.S.
Executive Officer, The Palaeontological Association
I.G.E.S., University of Wales
Aberystwyth SY23 3DB
Wales, U.K.

Phone/Answerphone: +44 (0) 1970 627107
Fax: +44 (0) 1970 622659
Secretary: +44 (0) 1970 622643
E-mail: palass@palass.org
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