Introduction to paleobiology and the fossil record / Michael J. Benton, David A. T. Harper
Megjelenés:
Chichester : Wiley-Blackwell, 2015
Fizikai jellemzők:
XII, 592 p. : ill. ; 28 cm
Tartalom:
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.
