Palaeobiology IIPalaeobiology: A Synthesis was widely acclaimed both for its content and production quality. Ten years on, Derek Briggs and Peter Crowther have once again brought together over 150 leading authorities from around the world to produce Palaeobiology II. Using the same successful formula, the content is arranged as a series of concise articles, taking a thematic approach to the subject, rather than treating the various fossil groups systematically. This entirely new book, with its diversity of new topics and over 100 new contributors, reflects the exciting developments in the field, including accounts of spectacular newly discovered fossils, and embraces data from other disciplines such as astrobiology, geochemistry and genetics. Palaeobiology II will be an invaluable resource, not only for palaeontologists, but also for students and researchers in other branches of the earth and life sciences.
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abundant acid analysis angiosperms animals arthropods assemblages bacteria benthic bioerosion bioimmurations biological biota biotic bivalves bones brachiopods bryozoans Cambrian carbon Carboniferous clade cladistic climate communities conodonts Cretaceous cuticles deposits Devonian dinosaurs distribution diversification diversity early ecological ecosystems environmental environments Eocene epibiont estimates evidence evolution evolutionary example fauna fishes fossil record gastropods genes genetic geological global groups habitats hypotheses increase indicate insects interval isotope Jurassic Late levels lineages major mammals marine mass extinction Mesozoic metazoan microbial minerals modern molecular morphological morphospace Neoproterozoic occur Ordovician organisms origin palaeontological Palaeozoic Paleobiology patterns Phanerozoic phylogenetic phylogeny planktic plants pollen predation preservation processes radiation range rates reefs relative represent result sampling Section sediment sedimentary sequence Shale shell skeletons speciation species spores stratigraphic stromatolites structure studies suggest surface taphonomic taxa taxon taxonomic terrestrial tetrapods time-averaging tion tissues trace fossils trackways tree Triassic trilobites vertebrates