TY - BOOK AU - Benton,M.J. AU - Harper,D.A.T. TI - Introduction to paleobiology and the fossil record SN - 9781405141574 (pbk.) U1 - 560 22 PY - 2009/// CY - Chichester, UK, Hoboken, NJ PB - Wiley-Blackwell KW - Evolutionary paleobiology KW - Paleobiology KW - Paleontology N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Paleontology 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 ER -