BENTON, M. J., COOK, E. & HOOKER, J. J. 2005. Mesozoic and Tertiary Fossil Mammals and Birds of Great Britain.: Geological Convervation Review Series no. 32. xvi + 215 pp. Peterborough: Joint Nature Conservation Committee. Price £55.00 (hard covers). ISBN 1 86107 480 8.

摘要

In spite of its relatively small land area, the island of Great Britain possesses an exceptionally varied suite of rocks, minerals and fossils ranging in age from the Archaean to the Pleistocene. These deposits were crucial for early geologists and palaeontologists as they struggled to develop theories relating to the concepts of deep time, earth structure, the operation of surface processes and the evolution of life. As a result, work on this insignificant lump of land has been of lasting global significance. However, many of the sites that yielded (and in many cases continue to yield) these insights are under threat from development.