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Introduction to paleobiology and the fossil record / Michael J. B enton, David A.T. Harper.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Chichester, UK ; Hoboken, NJ : Wiley-Blackwell, 2009.Description: xii, 592 p. : ill., maps ; 28 cmISBN:
  • 9781405186469 (hardback : alk. paper)
  • 1405186461 (hardback : alk. paper)
  • 9781405141574 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 1405141573 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 560  22
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Contents:
Paleontology as a science -- Fossils in time and space -- Taphonomy and quality of the fossil record -- Paleoecology and paleoclimates -- M acroevolution 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 -- Spira lians 2 -- Ecdysozoa -- Deuterostomes echinoderms and hemichordates -- Fishes and basal tetrapods -- Dinosaurs and mammals -- Fossil plants -- Trace fossils -- Diversification of life.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Paleontology as a science -- Fossils in time and space -- Taphonomy and quality of the fossil record -- Paleoecology and paleoclimates -- M acroevolution 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 -- Spira lians 2 -- Ecdysozoa -- Deuterostomes echinoderms and hemichordates -- Fishes and basal tetrapods -- Dinosaurs and mammals -- Fossil plants -- Trace fossils -- Diversification of life.

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