The Fossil record 2

Author(s)

• Benton, M. J. (Michael J.)
• Palaeontological Association
• Royal Society (Great Britain)
• Linnean Society of London

Bibliographic Information

The Fossil record 2

jointly sponsored by the Palaeontological Association, the Royal Society, and the Linnean Society ; edited by M.J. Benton ; charts produced by Rachael J. Walker

Chapman & Hall, 1993

1st ed

Other Title

Fossil record two

Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

..."an update of the Fossil Record published by the Geological Society of London in 1967"...Pref.

Description and Table of Contents

Description

The history of life is illustrated by fossils which give crucial information on the plants and animals of the past. Fossil Record 2 is a compilation of this mass of data. All families of protists, plants and animals and their ranges in geological time are documented, with full details of first and last species for each family.

Table of Contents

Introduction. Basal Groups. Monera (bacteria blue-green algae). Fungi.Algae. Animals: Invertebrates. Protozoa. Porifera. Coelenterata. Mollusca: Amphineura and Monoplacophora. Mollusca: Gastropoda. Mollusca: Cephalopoda (Nautiloidea). Mollusca: Cephalopoda (Pre-Jurassic Ammonoidea). Mollusca: Cephalopoda (Ammonoidea: Phylloceratina, Lytoceratina, Ammonitina, Ancyloceratina). Mollusca: Cephalopoda (Coleoidea). Mollusca: Rostroconchia, Scaphopoda, and Bivalvia. Mollusca: incertae sedis. Annelida. Arthropoda (Trilobita). Arthropoda (Aglaspidida, Chelicerata, Pycnogonida). Arthropoda (Crustacea, excluding Ostracoda). Arthropoda (Crustacea: Ostracoda). Arthropoda (Euthycarcinoidea and Myriapoda). Arthropoda (Hexapoda: Insecta). Brachiopoda. Phoronida. Bryozoa. Echinodermata. Basal deuterostomes (chaetognaths, hemichordates, calcichordates, cephalochordates, and tunicates). Graptolithina. Problematica. Miscellania. Animals: Vertebrates. Conodonta. Agnatha. Placodermi. Acanthodii. Chondrichthyes. Osteichthyes: basal actinopterygians. Osteichthyes: Teleostei. Osteichthyes: Sarcopterygii. Amphibian-grade Tetrapoda. Reptilia. Aves. Mammalia. Plants. Bryophyta. Pteridophyta. Gymnospermophyta. Magnoliophyta (Angiospermae). Index.

by "Nielsen BookData"

• NCID: BA21699696
• ISBN:
  • 0412393808
• LCCN: 92038975
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: London ; Tokyo
• Pages/Volumes: xvii, 845 p.
• Size: 31 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : QE723
  • DC20 : 560
  • NDC7 : 457
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Fossils