Author: Prothero, Donald A.
Paperback; Bibliography, Index
352 pages
Published: March 1997
McGraw-Hill Education - Europe
ISBN: 0070521972

Would you like to go beyond a focus on taxonomy and anatomy of major phyla of fossil invertebrates and include some of the exciting ideas of paleobiology? This book, by noted author Donald R. Prothero, is the first to combine paleobiology with paleontology topics. Written in a manner that will not intimidate, this is an accessible text for students with limited backgrounds in geology orbiology. Current ideas from modern biology, ecology, population genetics, and many other concepts will be applied to the study of the fossil record.A study of fossils as organisms, rather than as dead objects to be described and catalogued. The author applies current ideas from modern biology, ecology, and population genetics. Specific topics include the fossil record, palaeoclimatology, and micropaleontology.