Paleontology : the record of life /
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| Author / Creator: | Stearn, Colin William, 1928- |
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| Imprint: | New York : J. Wiley, c1989. |
| Description: | x, 453 p. : ill. ; 29 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1027762 |
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
