01739cam a2200325 a 4500991000533549707536100114s2009 enkab b 001 0 eng d9781405186469 (hardback : alk. paper)9781405141574 (pbk. : alk. paper)b13871675-39ule_instDip.to Fisicaeng56022LC QE721.2.E85574Benton, Michael J.320594Introduction to paleobiology and the fossil record /Michael J. Benton, David A.T. HarperChichester, UK ;Hoboken, NJ :Wiley-Blackwell,2009xii, 592 p. :ill., maps ;28 cmIncludes bibliographical references and indexPaleontology as a science -- Fossils in time and space -- Taphonomy and quality of the fossil record -- Paleoecology and paleoclimates -- Macroevolution and the tree of life -- Fossil form and function -- Mass extinctions and biodiversity loss -- The origin of life -- Protists -- Origin of the metazoans -- The basal metazoans -- Spiralians I -- Spiralians 2 -- Ecdysozoa -- Deuterostomes echinoderms and hemichordates -- Fishes and basal tetrapods -- Dinosaurs and mammals -- Fossil plants -- Trace fossils -- Diversification of life.Evolutionary paleobiologyPaleobiologyPaleontologyHarper, D. A. T..b1387167528-01-1414-01-10991000533549707536LE006 574 BEN12006000163781le006pE38.15-l- 02020.i1505767714-01-10Introduction to paleobiology and the fossil record230127UNISALENTOle00614-01-10ma -engenk00