| Description |
viii, 457 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm |
| Contents |
To the Student: Why Study Fossils? -- 1. The Fossil Record -- 2. Variation in Fossils -- 3. Species and Speciation -- 4. Systematics -- 5. Evolution -- 6. Extinction -- 7. Functional Morphology -- 8. Paleoecology -- 9. Biogeography -- 10. Biostratigraphy -- 11. Micropaleontology -- 12. Colonial Life: Archaeocyathans, Sponges, and Cnidarians -- 13. Lophophorates: Brachiopods and Bryozoans -- 14. Jointed Limbs: The Arthropods -- 15. Kingdom of the Seashell: The Molluscs -- 16. Spiny Skins: The Echinoderms -- 17. Dry Bones: Vertebrates and their Relatives -- 18. Fossilized Behavior: Trace Fossils |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 426-450) and index |
| Subject |
Fossils.
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Paleobiology.
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| LC no. |
97030208 |
| ISBN |
0070521972 |
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