Basic palaeontology

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Title:

Basic palaeontology

Author:

Benton, Michael J.

ISBN:

9780582228573

Personal Author:

Benton, Michael J.

Publication Information:

New York : Prentice Hall , 1997.

Physical Description:

342 s. ; 25 sm.

Abstract:

BASIC PALEONTOLOGY MICHAEL J. BENTON DAVID A. HARPER Contents Preface Vİİİ Acknowledgements İX Chapter 1 Palaeontology as a science Steps to understanding 2 Geology and palaeontology 4 Fossils and evolution 5 Palaeontology today 5 Fossil preservation 8 Chapter 2 Fossils in time and space Introduction 20 Frameworks 20 Biostratigraphy 24 Palaeoecology 27 Palaeobiogeography 37 Fossils in fold belts 40 Chapter 3 Macroevolution Phylogeny first The 46 origin of species 55 Growth and form 57 Chapter 4 The origin of life Introduction 64 The oldest organisms:prokaryotes 64 Life diversifies: eukaryotes 67 Chapter 5 Early metazoans Introduction 74 Invertebrate body and skeletal plans 74 Classification and relationships 76 Ediacara fauna 76 Small shelly fauna 79 Soft-bodied lower invertebrates 80 Parazoan strategy 82 Porifera 83 Stromatoporoidea 87 Archaeocyatha 88 Chapter 6 Radialians 1: cnidarians and lophophorates Introduction 96 Cnidarians 96 Lophophorates 110 Chapter 7 Radialians 2: echinoderms and hemichordates Introduction 132 Echinoderms 132 Hemichordates 144 Chapter 8 Spiralians: arthropods and molluscs Introduction 158 Arthropods 158 Molluscs 170 Chapter 9 Vertebrates Introduction 196 Origin of the vertebrates 196 Fishes 197 Tetrapods 202 Reign of the reptiles 204 Bird evolution 213 Rise of the mammals 213 The line to humans 219 Chapter 10 Fossil plants Introduction 224 Plant preservation 224 Fungi 225 Terrestrialization of plants 225 The great coal forests 231 Seed-bearing plants 234 Flowering plants 237 Chapter 11 Microfossils Introduction224 Protista 244 Microinvertebrates 256 Microvertebrates 259 Plant palynomorphs 266 Chapter 12 Trace fossils Introduction274 Trace fossils as fossilized behaviour 274 Trace fossils in sediments 278 Case studies285 Chapter 13 Major diversifications and extinctions Introduction 292 The diversification of life 292 Mass extinctions 297 Ten major steps 306 Geological time scale 312 Glossary 314 Index 330

Subject Term:

Paleontoloji

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