Paleontology : the record of life

Author(s)

• Stearn, Colin William
• Carroll, Robert Lynn

Bibliographic Information

Paleontology : the record of life

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

J. Wiley, c1989

Note

Includes bibliographies and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

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.

Table of Contents

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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Details

• NCID: BA07299461
• ISBN:
  • 0471845280
• LCCN: 88037526
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: New York
• Pages/Volumes: x, 453 p.
• Size: 29 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : QE711.2
  • DC19 : 560
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Paleontology