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Bringing fossils to life : an introduction to paleobiology / Donald R. Prothero.
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Prothero, Donald R.
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Language
English
Εdition
Third edition.
Published/Created
New York : Columbia University Press, [2013]
Description
xiii, 671 pages : illustrations, maps ; 29 cm
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Lewis Library - Stacks
QE719.8 .P76 2013
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Paleobiology
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Summary note
One of the leading textbooks in its field, Bringing Fossils to Life applies paleobiological principles to the fossil record while detailing the evolutionary history of major plant and animal phyla. It incorporates current research from biology, ecology, and population genetics, bridging the gap between purely theoretical paleobiological textbooks and those that describe only invertebrate paleobiology and that emphasize cataloguing live organisms instead of dead objects. For this third edition Donald R. Prothero has revised the art and research throughout, expanding the coverage of invertebrates and adding a discussion of new methodologies and a chapter on the origin and early evolution of life.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
To the student : why study fossils?
Part I. The fossil record : a window on the past. 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
Part II. Life of the past and present. 11. Life's origins and early evolution ; 12. Micropaleontology : fossil protistans ; 13. Colonial life : sponges, archaeocyathans, and cnidarians ; 14. The "lophophorates" : brachiopods and bryozoans ; 15. Jointed limbs : the arthropods ; 16. Kingdom of the seashell : the molluscs ; 17. Spiny skins : the echinoderms ; 18. Dry bones : vertebrates and their relatives ; 19. Fossilized behavior : trace fossils ; 20. Traces of the earth's green mantle : paleobotany
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ISBN
9780231158923 ((cloth ; : acid-free paper))
0231158920 ((cloth ; : acid-free paper))
9780231158930 ((paperback ; : acid-free paper))
0231158939 ((paperback ; : acid-free paper))
0231536909 ((electronic bk.))
9780231536905 ((electronic bk.))
LCCN
2013006698
OCLC
841186905
Other standard number
10704011
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