Introduction to paleobiology and the fossil record /
Benton, M. J.(Michael J.)
Harper, D. A. T.
Chichester : Wiley-Blackwell,
2009.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Paleontology as a science -- Fossils in time and space -- Taphonomy and quality of the fossil record -- Paleoecology and paleoclimates -- Macroevolution and the tree of life -- Fossil form and function -- Mass extinctions and biodiversity loss -- The origin of life -- Protists -- Origin of the metazoans -- The basal metazoans -- Spiralians I -- Spiralians 2 -- Ecdysozoa -- Deuterostomes echinoderms and hemichordates -- Fishes and basal tetrapods -- Dinosaurs and mammals -- Fossil plants -- Trace fossils -- Diversification of life.
Evolutionary paleobiology.
Paleobiology.
Paleontology.