Bringing Fossils to Life: An Introduction to PaleobiologyWould you like to go beyond a focus on taxonomy and anatomy of major phyla of fossil invertebrates and include some of the exciting ideas of paleobiology? This book, by noted author Donald R. Prothero, is the first to combine paleobiology with paleontology topics. Written in a manner that will not intimidate, this is an accessible text for students with limited backgrounds in geology or biology. Current ideas from modern biology, ecology, population genetics, and many other concepts will be applied to the study of the fossil record. |
Contents
Variation in Fossils | 17 |
Species and Speciation | 35 |
Evolution | 63 |
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abundant America ammonites ammonoids amniotes animals appeared arthropods benthic biogeography biology biostratigraphic birds bivalves body bones brachiopods bryozoans burrowing calcareous Cambrian Cenozoic cephalopods changes cladistic clams classification conodonts corals Cretaceous crinoids Darwin Devonian diatoms dinosaurs diversity early echinoderms echinoids ecological Eocene evolution evolutionary example fauna Figure fish foraminifera forms fossil record gastropods gene genera genetic Geological gills Gould graptolites groups habitats hinge invertebrates Jurassic known late lineages living major mammals marine mass extinctions Mesozoic Miocene molluscs morphology mouth muscles ocean Oligocene Ordovician organisms original paleontologists Paleozoic pattern Permian phylogeny phylum planktonic plates predators primitive Prothero pterosaurs radiation radiolaria range reef region relatively reptiles rocks seafloor sediment shallow shape sharks shell Silurian skeleton skull species specimens spines sponges structure studies surface suture synapsids taxa taxon teeth temperature tetrapods tion trace fossils Triassic trilobites tropical valve vertebrates zone