BRINGING FOSSILS TO LIFE PROTHERO PDF

Links Awards One of the leading textbooks in its field, Bringing Fossils to Life applies paleobiological principles to the fossil record while detailing the evolutionary history of major plant and animal phyla. It incorporates current research from biology, ecology, and population genetics, bridging the gap between purely theoretical paleobiological textbooks and those that describe only invertebrate paleobiology and that emphasize cataloguing live organisms instead of dead objects. For this third edition Donald R. Prothero has revised the art and research throughout, expanding the coverage of invertebrates and adding a discussion of new methodologies and a chapter on the origin and early evolution of life.

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The Fossil Record What is a Fossil? How Does an Organism Become a Fossil? What Factors are Required for Extraordinary Preservation? How Good is the Fossil Record?

How do Populations of Organisms Vary? Species and Speciation4. Systematics Why Systematics? Colonial Life: Sponges, Archaeocyathans, and Cnidarians The Lophophorates: Brachiopods and Bryozoans Jointed Limbs: The Arthropods Spiny Skins: The Echinoderms Fossilized Behavior: Trace Fossils It is perfectly aimed at a student audience and belongs in the libraries of all professional and amateur paleontologists.

Choice Substantive, well illustrated, and engaging. An excellent, well written and nicely illustrated textbook. Priscum show more About Donald R. Prothero Donald R. He is a former professor of geology at Occidental College and a lecturer in geobiology at Caltech. The author of more than thirty books and scientific papers published in leading scholarly journals, he received his Ph.

In he received the award for Outstanding Paleontologist Under the Age of 40 and was awarded the James Shea Award by the National Association of Geoscience Teachers for outstanding writing and editing in the geosciences.