Bringing fossils to life :
Prothero, Donald R.,
Bringing fossils to life : an introduction to paleobiology Donald R. Prothero. - Third Edition. - New York Columbia University Press 2013 - xiii, 671 pages : illustrations, maps ; 29 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 619-655) and index.
To the Student: Why Study Fossils? -- Part I. The Fossil Record : A Window on the Past -- The Fossil Record -- Variation in Fossils -- Species and Speciation -- Systematics -- Evolution -- Extinction -- Functional Morphology -- Paleoecology -- Biogeography -- Biostratigraphy -- Part II. Life of the Past and Present -- Life's Origins and Early Evolution -- Micropaleontology : Fossil Protistans -- Colonial Life : Sponges, Archaeocyathans, and Cnidarians -- The Lophophorates Brachiopods and Bryozoans -- Jointed Limbs -- Kingdom of the Seashell : The Molluscs -- Spiny Skins : The Echinoderms -- Dry Bones : Vertebrates and their Relatives -- Fossilized Behavior : Trace Fossils -- Traces of Earth's Green Mantle : Paleobotany -- Glossary.
97802311589230 (pbk) = EVS
2013006698
Paleobiology--Textbooks.
Fossils--Textbooks.
560 P946B3
Bringing fossils to life : an introduction to paleobiology Donald R. Prothero. - Third Edition. - New York Columbia University Press 2013 - xiii, 671 pages : illustrations, maps ; 29 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 619-655) and index.
To the Student: Why Study Fossils? -- Part I. The Fossil Record : A Window on the Past -- The Fossil Record -- Variation in Fossils -- Species and Speciation -- Systematics -- Evolution -- Extinction -- Functional Morphology -- Paleoecology -- Biogeography -- Biostratigraphy -- Part II. Life of the Past and Present -- Life's Origins and Early Evolution -- Micropaleontology : Fossil Protistans -- Colonial Life : Sponges, Archaeocyathans, and Cnidarians -- The Lophophorates Brachiopods and Bryozoans -- Jointed Limbs -- Kingdom of the Seashell : The Molluscs -- Spiny Skins : The Echinoderms -- Dry Bones : Vertebrates and their Relatives -- Fossilized Behavior : Trace Fossils -- Traces of Earth's Green Mantle : Paleobotany -- Glossary.
97802311589230 (pbk) = EVS
2013006698
Paleobiology--Textbooks.
Fossils--Textbooks.
560 P946B3