Paleontology : the record of life
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Paleontology : the record of life
J. Wiley, c1989
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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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