Milsom / Rigby Fossils at a Glance

2. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-1-118-68781-9
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 184 Seiten, E-Book

Fossils provide a powerful tool for the study of the nearly4-billion-year history of life, and its role in the evolution ofEarth systems. They also provide important data for evolutionarystudies, and contribute to our understanding of the extinction oforganisms and the origins of modern biodiversity.
Fossils At A Glance is written for students taking anintroductory level course in paleontology. Short chapters introducethe main topics in the modern study of fossils. The most importantfossil groups are discussed, from microfossils throughinvertebrates to vertebrates and plants, followed by a briefnarrative of life on Earth.
Diagrams are central to the book and allow the reader to seemost of the important data "at a glance". Each topiccovers two pages and provides a self-contained suite of informationor a starting point for future study.
This second edition has been thoroughly revised and brought upto date. It includes new line diagrams as well as photographsof selected fossils

Autoren/Hrsg.

Milsom, Clare

Rigby, Sue

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments.
1. Introduction.
2. Fossil classification and evolution.
3. Sponges.
4. Corals.
5. Bryozoans.
6. Brachiopods.
7. Echinoderms.
8. Trilobites.
9. Mollusks.
10. Graptolites.
11. Vertebrates.
12. Land plants.
13. Microfossils.
14. Trace fossils.
15. Precambrian life.
16. Phanerozoic life.
Reading list.
Geological timescale.
Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Clare Milsom is Head of Learning and Teaching Development at Liverpool John Moores University, UK She has a PhD from Liverpool University and her main research interests are in exceptionally preserved crinoids, functional morphology, and evolution. Sue Rigby is Assistant Principal for Taught Postgraduate Degrees at the University of Edinburgh, UK. She has a PhD from Cambridge and concentrates her research on the evolution of plankton and the functional morphology of graptolites.Both authors enjoy teaching and have substantial experience in presenting paleontology to earth science and biology students.