Introduction to Palaeobiology: General Palaeontology |
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Preface Scope and development of Palaeontology | 9 |
Biostratigraphy | 10 |
Fossilisation | 32 |
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abundance algae alleles ammonites annelids areas arthropods benthos biocoenosis biotopes bivalves body brachiopods bryozoa burrows calcareous calcite Cambrian Carboniferous cells cephalopods changes characteristics chitinous chlorophyll classification coelom corals Cretaceous depends deposits depth Devonian Devonian Silurian diagenesis distribution ecological environments evolution evolutionary example factors fauna fish flagella foraminifera forms gastropods genus Glochiceras groups growth important individual internal mould Jurassic Jurassic ammonite larval living mammals marine Mesozoic molluscs morphological mutations natural selection number of species occur ocean ontogenetic ontogeny Ordovician organic remains original oxygen palaeontology Palaeozoic parasites Permian phase phyla phylogenetic Phylum planktonic plants and animals Pleistocene population Porifera preserved produced Quaternary Tertiary Recent species recognised reefs relationship reproduction reptiles salinity sediment Seilacher sequence sessile shape shell Silurian skeletal material skeleton specialised sponges stages stratigraphic structure substrate surface taxa taxon taxonomic temperature terrestrial Tertiary Cretaceous trace fossils Triassic types usually variability vertebrates whereas worms zone