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This introductory palaeontology text demonstrates the importance of fossils in geological and biological studies, particularly in understanding evolutionary patterns, palaeoenvironmental analysis and stratigraphy.

Table of Contents
What is Palaeontology?

KEY CONCEPTS.

Fossils and Fossilization.

Fossils as Living Organisms.

Fossils and Evolution.

Fossils and Stratigraphy.

Summary of Part I. THE MAIN FOSSIL GROUPS.

Introduction To The Fossil Record.

Molluscs: Bivalves and Gastropods.

Molluscs: Cephalopods.

Brachiopods.

Echinoderms.

Trilobites.

Corals.

Graptolites.

Bryozoans.

Microfossils: Foraminifera.Microfossils: Ostracods.

Trace Fossils.

Summary of Part II.

FOSSILS AS INFORMATION.

Data From The Fossil Record.Studies in Paleobiology.

Studies in Palaeoenvironmental Analysis.

Studies in Stratigraphy.

Summary of Part III.

Indexes.

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      Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc
      Publication Date: 19/04/1996
      ISBN13: 9780471963516, 978-0471963516
      ISBN10: 0471963518
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This introductory palaeontology text demonstrates the importance of fossils in geological and biological studies, particularly in understanding evolutionary patterns, palaeoenvironmental analysis and stratigraphy.

      Table of Contents
      What is Palaeontology?

      KEY CONCEPTS.

      Fossils and Fossilization.

      Fossils as Living Organisms.

      Fossils and Evolution.

      Fossils and Stratigraphy.

      Summary of Part I. THE MAIN FOSSIL GROUPS.

      Introduction To The Fossil Record.

      Molluscs: Bivalves and Gastropods.

      Molluscs: Cephalopods.

      Brachiopods.

      Echinoderms.

      Trilobites.

      Corals.

      Graptolites.

      Bryozoans.

      Microfossils: Foraminifera.Microfossils: Ostracods.

      Trace Fossils.

      Summary of Part II.

      FOSSILS AS INFORMATION.

      Data From The Fossil Record.Studies in Paleobiology.

      Studies in Palaeoenvironmental Analysis.

      Studies in Stratigraphy.

      Summary of Part III.

      Indexes.

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