This book presents a comprehensive overview of the science of the history of life. Paleobiologists bring many analytical tools to bear in interpreting the fossil record, and the book introduces the latest techniques, from multivariate investigations of biogeography and biostratigraphy to engineering analysis of dinosaur skulls, and from homeobox genes to cladistics. INDICE: 1. Paleontology as a Science. 2. Fossils in Time and Space. 3. Taphonomy and Quality of the Fossil Record. 4. Paleoecology and Paleoclimates. 5.Macroevolution and the Tree of Life. 6. Fossil Form and Function. 7. Mass Extinctions and Biodiversity Loss. 8. The Origin of Life. 9. Protists. 10. Originof the Metazoans. 11. The Basal Metazoans: Sponges and Corals. 12. SpiraliansI: Lophophorates. 13. Spiralians 2: Mollusks. 14. Ecdysozoa: Arthropods. 15. Deuterostomes. 16. Fishes and Basal Tetrapods. 17. Dinosaurs and Mammals. 18. Fossil Plants. 19. Trace Fossils. 20. Diversification of Life
- ISBN: 978-1-4051-8646-9
- Editorial: Blackwell
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 576
- Fecha Publicación: 14/11/2008
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés