Introduction to paleobiology and the fossil record
General Material Designation
[Book]
First Statement of Responsibility
/ Michael J. Benton, David A.T. Harper
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Chichester, UK ;Hoboken, NJ
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
: Wiley-Blackwell,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
, 2009.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
xii, 592 p., ill., maps, 28 cm.
GENERAL NOTES
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Language: انگلیسی
NOTES PERTAINING TO PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC.
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Print
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Paleontology as a science -- Fossils in time and space -- Taphonomy and quality of the fossil record -- Paleoecology and paleoclimates -- Macroevolution and the tree of life -- Fossil form and function -- Mass extinctions and biodiversity loss -- The origin of life -- Protists -- Origin of the metazoans -- The basal metazoans -- Spiralians I -- Spiralians 2 -- Ecdysozoa -- Deuterostomes echinoderms and hemichordates -- Fishes and basal tetrapods -- Dinosaurs and mammals -- Fossil plants -- Trace fossils -- Diversification of life.