Análisis criptopaleontológico del lapidario de Teofrasto (s. III a.C.)

The work “Perì líthon” or Teofrasto’s “Treatise of stones” has been considered the oldest text still available about minerals and rocks, even though it has remained incomplete. In this paper, the study of its contents shows that eleven of the stones called by geographic or cryptic names are either fossils from plants or vertebrates or chemical fossils. Therefore, the “Perì líthon” should also be considered as the oldest known treatise about palaeontology, because in addition to the fossils mentioned, it refers specifically to the fossilisation process.La obra “Perì líthon” o “Tratado de Piedras” de Teofrasto, es considerado el texto más antiguo conservado sobre minerales y rocas, aunque hay…