Introduction to paleobiology and the fossil record
By: Michael J Benton, David A.T. Harper.
Contributors: Harper, D. A. T.
Publisher: Wiley
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Hoboken, NJ
Language: eng
Number of pages: 604
ISBN-13: 9781405186469; 9781405141574
Subjects: Evolutionary paleobiology; Paleobiology; Paleontology
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Paleontology as a science[m3]; title: Fossils in time and space; title: Taphonomy and quality of the fossil record; title: Paleoecology and paleoclimates; title: Macroevolution and the tree of life; title: Fossil form and function; title: Mass extinctions and biodiversity loss; title: The origin of life; title: Protists; title: Origin of the metazoans; title: The basal metazoans; title: Spiralians I; title: Spiralians 2; title: Ecdysozoa; title: Deuterostomes echinoderms and hemichordates; title: Fishes and basal tetrapods; title: Dinosaurs and mammals; title: Fossil plants; title: Trace fossils; title: Diversification of life.