Invertebrate Palaeontology and Evolution

ISBN-13: 9780632052387 / Angielski / Miękka / 1998 / 468 str.

Clarkson

Opis

Invertebrate Palaeontology and Evolution is well established as the foremost palaeontology text at the undergraduate level. This fully revised fourth edition includes a complete update of the sections on evolution and the fossil record, and the evolution of the early metazoans.

• New work on the classification of the major phyla (in particular brachiopods and molluscs) has been incorporated.
• The section on trace fossils is extensively rewritten.
• The author has taken care to involve specialists in the major groups, to ensure the taxonomy is as up-to-date and accurate as possible.

Recenzje

"Clarkson is unbeatable...if you are a genuine palaeontology student then you can currently do no better than this." Geological Magazine – December 1999

Spis treści

Preface.

Macrofossils on CD–Rom.

Part One: General Palaeontological Concepts.

1 Principles Of Palaeontology.

2 Evolution And The Fossil Record.

3 Major Events In The History Of Life.

Part Two: Invertebrate Phyla.

Sponges.

5 Cnidarians.

6 Bryozoans.

7 Brachiopods.

8 Molluscs.

9 Echinoderms.

10 Graptolites.

11 Arthropods.

12 Exceptional Faunas: Ichnology.

Systematic Index.

General Index

Blurb

Invertebrate Palaeontology and Evolution is well established as the foremost palaeontology text at undergraduate level. This fully revised fourth edition includes a complete update of the sections on evolution and the fossil record, and the evolution of the early metazoans. New work on the classification of the major phyla (in particular brachiopods and molluscs) has been incorporated, and the section on trace fossils is extensively rewritten. The author has taken care to involve specialists in the major groups, to ensure the taxonomy is as up–to–date and accurate as possible.