Microfossils: Ultimate archives of biogeohistory
Journal: ANU Press eBooks
Year: 2023

Microfossils: Ultimate archives of biogeohistoryThe foraminifera: Micropalaeontology in southern AustraliaLike life itself, fossils can be classified in various convenient ways.We have encountered the shells of animals without backbones, central but not unique to the development of the fossil-based time scale; we have seen the bones and teeth of vertebrates, central but not unique to the story of organic evolution.Shells and bones are familiar in a general sort of way to most of us.Not at all fa