Paleontology : the record of life

書誌事項

Paleontology : the record of life

Colin W. Stearn, Robert L. Carroll ; with illustrations by Linda Angeloff Sapienza

J. Wiley, c1989

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Includes bibliographies and index

内容説明・目次

内容説明

A comprehensive, one--term paleontology text. Its unified approach presents animal, plant, and invertebrate history and interaction. Emphasis is on how life evolved and shows how paleontology reveals earth history. Presents an integrated picture of paleontology, rather than detailed classification schemes.

目次

Fossils. Time. Names, Relationships, and Classifications. THE FOSSIL RECORD. The Time of Microscopic Life. Origin and Diversification of the Metazoa. The Invertebrates Dominate the Seas: Acoelomates and Lophophorates. The Invertebrates Dominate the Seas II: Schizocoelomates and Enterocoelomates. Land Plants and Their Ancestors. Paleozoic Vertebrates. The Second Wave: Invertebrates of the Mesozoic and Cenozoic Eras. Evolution of Vertebrates During the Mesozoic. Cenozoic Vertebrates. LESSONS FROM THE RECORD. Biostratigraphy. Adaptation and Functional Morphology. The Mechanisms of Evolution. Evolution in Earth History. Paleoecology. Paleobiogeography. Fossils as Builders of Sedimentary Rocks. Paleoichnology: The Study of Trace Fossils. Index.

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詳細情報

  • NII書誌ID(NCID)
    BA07299461
  • ISBN
    • 0471845280
  • LCCN
    88037526
  • 出版国コード
    us
  • タイトル言語コード
    eng
  • 本文言語コード
    eng
  • 出版地
    New York
  • ページ数/冊数
    x, 453 p.
  • 大きさ
    29 cm
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