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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, c1993

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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

"This is faithful and accurate reproduction of the orginal edition produced 'on demand' in a single copy. The cover of this edition has been standardized to allow for this reproduction technique"--Cover

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.

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  • NCID
    BA65410318
  • 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
    27 cm
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