Benton, M. J.

Introduction to paleobiology and the fossil record - Chichester, UK ; Hoboken, NJ : Wiley-Blackwell, 2008. - xii, 592 p. : ill., maps ; 28 cm.

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.

9781405186469 (hardback : alk. paper)

2008015534


Evolutionary paleobiology.
Paleobiology.
Paleontology.

QE721.2.E85 / B46 2008

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