Ancient Invertebrates And Their Living Relatives; Author: Levin, Harold L.; Hardback; Book

Author: Levin, Harold L.
Hardback; Book
358 pages
Published: February 1998
Pearson Higher Education
ISBN: 0137489552

This overview and introduction to the study of fossil invertebrates emphasizes both soft and skeletal anatomy, as well as the relationship between those known only from fossils and animals living today. It lays the foundation for studentsU eventual abilities to (1) recognize many of the most abundant fossils, (2) appreciate their value in interpreting ancient environments of deposition,and (3) use them as tools for stratigraphic correlation.A course text for undergraduate geology students who have had no previous exposure to paleontology and perhaps with little background in biology. Explains how to recognize the more important and abundant fossils of invertebrates in the field and to understand how they can be used in the stratigraphi