Unspecified / 2009
Introduction to paleobiology and the fossil record / Michael J. Benton, David A.T. Harper
Introduction to paleobiology and the fossil record / Michael J. Benton, David A.T. Harper
The Smithsonian catalogs Introduction to paleobiology and the fossil record / Michael J. Benton, David A.T. Harper as books in its Evolutionary paleobiology records.
WHY IT’S INTERESTING
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 echinoderm