There are many introductory level books in the library that discuss paleontology near QE710. You can also find this information at University of Berkely Museum web site or Carleton University Museum web site. Please Read Peters, chapter 8 and 9. A fundamental concept underlying both biology and paleontology is evolution. Simply put, evolution is morphologic change through time.
Fossils provide evidence of evolution.
List 4 kinds of geologic information that fossils provide. Over half a century before Charles Darwin published his classic work, On the Origin of Species by Natural Selection, William Smith made important paleontologic observations while building canals in southern England. Give an example of a poor index fossil. Answer either question 2 or 3 from Chapter 9 in Peters.