To the Student: Why Study Fossils?
Part I. The Fossil Record : A Window on the Past
The Fossil Record
Variation in Fossils
Species and Speciation
Systematics
Evolution
Extinction
Functional Morphology
Paleoecology
Biogeography
Biostratigraphy
Part II. Life of the Past and Present
Life's Origins and Early Evolution
Micropaleontology : Fossil Protistans
Colonial Life : Sponges, Archaeocyathans, and Cnidarians
The Lophophorates Brachiopods and Bryozoans
Jointed Limbs
Kingdom of the Seashell : The Molluscs
Spiny Skins : The Echinoderms
Dry Bones : Vertebrates and their Relatives
Fossilized Behavior : Trace Fossils
Traces of Earth's Green Mantle : Paleobotany
Glossary.
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Bringing fossils to life : an introduction to paleobiology by Donald R. Prothero. ISBN 9780231158930. Published by Columbia University Press in 2013. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.
