Introduction to Paleobiology and the Fossil Record

by David A T Harper, Michael J. Benton, David A.T. Harper, et al.

Book Overview

This book presents a comprehensive overview of the science of the history of life. Paleobiologists bring many analytical tools to bear in interpreting the fossil record and the book introduces the latest techniques, from multivariate investigations of biogeography and biostratigraphy to engineering analysis of dinosaur skulls, and from homeobox genes to cladistics.

All the well-known fossil groups are included, including microfossils and invertebrates,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1405141573
• ISBN13: 9781405141574
• Release Date: February 2009
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Length: 592 Pages
• Weight: 3.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 8.6" x 10.8"