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✏Book Title : Basic Palaeontology
✏Author : Michael J. Benton ✏Publisher : Prentice Hall ✏Release Date : 1997 ✏Pages : 342 ✏ISBN : UCSD:31822025580234 ✏Available Language : English, Spanish, And French READ NOWDOWNLOAD
Vertebrate Palaeontology Michael J. Benton Benton does a fine job with the actual subject matter of vertebrate paleontology per se, but his introduction and analysis as to how fossils are formed, and under what conditions,leaves a lot to be desired.
✏Basic Palaeontology Book Summary : Palaeontology, a fundamental topic in geology and evolutionary biology, has undergone exciting and rapid change in recent years. Contemporary debates on mass extinctions and the origin of life have had profound implications for our understanding of how life evolved. Basic Palaeontology is a comprehensive and accessible introduction to palaeontology. With in-depth analysis of basic principles and all the main fossil groups, this fully illustrated text presents new and exciting research on the origin and history of life. The text focuses on traditional topics such as marine invertebrate palaeontology and biostratigraphy, but also provides unique and unparalleled taxonomic coverage from microfossils to plants and vertebrates. Key Features include: - Covers important recent developments in macroevolution and mass extinctions - A strong focus on a statistical and quantitative approach, emphasising the vital importance of both applications and theory - Full coverage of the evolution of vertebrates and plants - Over 600 highly detailed illustrations - An accessible format with extensive boxed material and bullet points Basic Palaeontology is essential reading for undergraduate students of geology, environmental science and biology, taking courses in palaeontology, palaeobiology, palaeoecology or evolution, and will also be of interest to all those who have an interest in the origin of life and human evolution. Michael J Benton is a Reader in the Department of Geology, University of Bristol, UK. David A T Harper is a Lecturer in Geology at the Department of Geology, University College Galway, Ireland.
✏Book Title : Introducing Palaeontology
✏Author : Patrick Wyse Jackson ✏Publisher : Dunedin Academic Press Ltd ✏Release Date : 2010-09-23 ✏Pages : 144 ✏ISBN : 9781903544785 ✏Available Language : English, Spanish, And French READ NOWDOWNLOAD
✏Introducing Palaeontology Book Summary : Life on Earth can be traced back over three thousand million years into the past. Many examples of the Earth's past inhabitants are to be found in rocks, preserved as beautiful and fascinating fossils. The earliest life forms were bacteria and algae; these produced the oxygen that enabled more complex life forms to develop. About 600 million years ago multi-cellular organisms appeared on Earth, some of which could protect themselves with hard parts such as shells. Many of these life forms were readily fossilized and are used to subdivide geological time. Numerous species have evolved and most are now extinct. Lineages can be traced and extinctions explained as a consequence of terrestrial and extra-terrestrial events. Lavishly illustrated with photographs and explanatory diagrams Introducing Palaeontology provides a concise and accessible introduction to the science of palaeontology. The book is divided into two parts. The first explains what a fossil is; how fossils came to be preserved; how they are classified; and what information they can tell scientists about the rocks in which they are found. The second part introduces the major fossil groups taking a systematic view from algae and plants, through the numerous examples of invertebrate animals, to the vertebrates and finally to man's ancestors. Technical terms are kept to a minimum and a glossary is provided.
✏Book Title : Applied Palaeontology
✏Author : Robert Wynn Jones ✏Publisher : Cambridge University Press ✏Release Date : 2006-05-04 ✏Pages : 434 ✏ISBN : 9780521841993 ✏Available Language : English, Spanish, And French READ NOWDOWNLOAD
✏Applied Palaeontology Book Summary : This book was first published in 2006. Palaeontology has developed from a descriptive science to an analytical science used to interpret relationships between earth and life history. Applied Palaeontology adopts a holistic, integrated approach to palaeontology, highlighting its key role in the study of the evolving earth, life history and environmental processes. After an introduction to fossils and their classification, each of the principal fossil groups are studied in detail, covering their biology, morphology, classification, palaeobiology and biostratigraphy. The latter sections focus on the applications of fossils in the interpretation of earth and life processes and environments. It concludes with case histories of how our knowledge of fossils is applied, in industry and elsewhere. This is a valuable reference for anyone involved in the applications of palaeontology, including earth, life and environmental scientists, and petroleum, minerals, mining and engineering professionals.
?Applications Of Palaeontology✍ Robert Wynn Jones
✏Book Title : Applications of Palaeontology
✏Author : Robert Wynn Jones ✏Publisher : Cambridge University Press ✏Release Date : 2011-08-18 ✏Pages : ✏ISBN : 9781139499200 ✏Available Language : English, Spanish, And French READ NOWDOWNLOAD
✏Applications of Palaeontology Book Summary : Palaeontology, the scientific study of fossils, has developed from a descriptive science to an analytical science used to interpret relationships between earth and life history. This book provides a comprehensive and thematic treatment of applied palaeontology, covering the use of fossils in the ordering of rocks in time and in space, in biostratigraphy, palaeobiology and sequence stratigraphy. Robert Wynn Jones presents a practical workflow for applied palaeontology, including sample acquisition, preparation and analysis, and interpretation and integration. He then presents numerous case studies that demonstrate the applicability and value of the subject to areas such as petroleum, mineral and coal exploration and exploitation, engineering geology and environmental science. Specialist applications outside of the geosciences (including archaeology, forensic science, medical palynology, entomopalynology and melissopalynology) are also addressed. Abundantly illustrated and referenced, Applications of Palaeontology provides a user-friendly reference for academic researchers and professionals across a range of disciplines and industry settings.
✏Book Title : Vertebrate Palaeontology
✏Author : Michael Benton ✏Publisher : John Wiley & Sons ✏Release Date : 2009-02-05 ✏Pages : 472 ✏ISBN : 9781405144490 ✏Available Language : English, Spanish, And French READ NOWDOWNLOAD
✏Vertebrate Palaeontology Book Summary : Vertebrate Palaeontology is a complete, up-to-date history of the evolution of vertebrates. The third edition of this popular text has been extensively revised to incorporate the latest research, including new material from North and South America, Australia, Europe, China, Africa and Russia. Highlights astonishing new discoveries including new dinosaurs and Mesozoic birds from China features a new chapter on how to study fossil vertebrates provides an increased emphasis on the cladistic framework with cladograms set apart from the body of the text and full lists of diagnostic characters includes new molecular evidence on early mammal diversification new features aid study including new functional and developmental feature spreads, key questions and extensive references to useful web sites strong phylogenetic focus making it an up-to-date source of the latest broad-scale systematic data on vertebrate evolution To access the artwork from the book, please visit: www.blackwellpublishing.com/benton. An Instructor manual CD-ROM for this title is available. Please contact our Higher Education team at [email protected] for more information.
?Basic Questions In Paleontology✍ Otto H. Schindewolf
✏Book Title : Basic Questions in Paleontology
✏Author : Otto H. Schindewolf ✏Publisher : University of Chicago Press ✏Release Date : 1993-01 ✏Pages : 467 ✏ISBN : 0226738353 ✏Available Language : English, Spanish, And French READ NOWDOWNLOAD
✏Basic Questions in Paleontology Book Summary : Now available in English for the first time, Basic Questions in Paleontology is a landmark work in twentieth-century evolution and paleontology. Originally published in German in 1950, Schindewolf's book was highly controversial for its thoroughgoing anti-Darwinism, but today his ideas are remarkably relevant to current research in evolutionary biology. '[This book] would rank number one on my list of items awaiting translation from the history of twentieth-century evolutionary theory.'—Stephen Jay Gould
✏Book Title : Fossils at a Glance
✏Author : Clare Milsom ✏Publisher : John Wiley & Sons ✏Release Date : 2009-04-01 ✏Pages : 168 ✏ISBN : 9781444311235 ✏Available Language : English, Spanish, And French READ NOWDOWNLOAD
✏Fossils at a Glance Book Summary : Life on Earth has been evolving and interacting with the surface and atmosphere for almost four billion years. Fossils provide a powerful tool in the study of the Earth and its history. They also provide important data for evolutionary studies and contribute to our understanding of the extinction of organisms and the origins of modern biodiversity. Introduces the study of fossils in a simple and straightforward manner. Short chapters introduce the main topics in the current study of fossils. The most important fossil groups are discussed, from microfossils through invertebrates to vertebrates and plants, followed by a brief narrative of life on earth. Diagrams are central to the book and allow the reader to see most of the important data 'at a glance'. Each topic covers two pages and provides a self-contained suite of information or a starting point for future study.
✏Book Title : Bringing Fossils to Life
✏Author : Donald R. Prothero ✏Publisher : Columbia University Press ✏Release Date : 2013-11-05 ✏Pages : 672 ✏ISBN : 9780231536905 ✏Available Language : English, Spanish, And French READ NOWDOWNLOAD
✏Bringing Fossils to Life Book Summary : One of the leading textbooks in its field, Bringing Fossils to Life applies paleobiological principles to the fossil record while detailing the evolutionary history of major plant and animal phyla. It incorporates current research from biology, ecology, and population genetics, bridging the gap between purely theoretical paleobiological textbooks and those that describe only invertebrate paleobiology and that emphasize cataloguing live organisms instead of dead objects. For this third edition Donald R. Prothero has revised the art and research throughout, expanding the coverage of invertebrates and adding a discussion of new methodologies and a chapter on the origin and early evolution of life.
✏Book Title : The Elements of Palaeontology
✏Author : Rhona M. Black ✏Publisher : Cambridge University Press ✏Release Date : 1988 ✏Pages : 404 ✏ISBN : 0521348366 ✏Available Language : English, Spanish, And French READ NOWDOWNLOAD
✏The Elements of Palaeontology Book Summary : A chapter on trace fossils has been added, the chapter on microfossils expanded and a section on pollen is now included in this thoroughly revised and updated edition of an acclaimed textbook.
?An Account Of Works On Geology Mineralogy And Palaeontology Published During The Year ✍
✏Book Title : An Account of Works on Geology Mineralogy and Palaeontology Published During the Year
✏Author : ✏Publisher : ✏Release Date : 1878 ✏Pages : ✏ISBN : UCD:31175023430229 ✏Available Language : English, Spanish, And French READ NOWDOWNLOAD
✏An Account of Works on Geology Mineralogy and Palaeontology Published During the Year Book Summary :
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