Bringing fossils to life : an introduction to paleobiology /
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| Author / Creator: | Prothero, Donald R. |
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| Imprint: | Boston : WCB/McGraw-Hill, c1998. |
| Description: | viii, 457 p. : ill. ; 28 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/3400425 |
Table of Contents:
- To the Student: Why Study Fossils?
- 1. The Fossil Record
- 2. Variation in Fossils
- 3. Species and Speciation
- 4. Systematics
- 5. Evolution
- 6. Extinction
- 7. Functional Morphology
- 8. Paleoecology
- 9. Biogeography
- 10. Biostratigraphy
- 11. Micropaleontology
- 12. Colonial Life: Archaeocyathans, Sponges, and Cnidarians
- 13. Lophophorates: Brachiopods and Bryozoans
- 14. Jointed Limbs: The Arthropods
- 15. Kingdom of the Seashell: The Molluscs
- 16. Spiny Skins: The Echinoderms
- 17. Dry Bones: Vertebrates and their Relatives
- 18. Fossilized Behavior: Trace Fossils.
