Palaeontology category: 374 books

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Applications of Palaeontology

Techniques and Case Studies

by Robert Wynn Jones
Language: English
Release Date: August 18, 2011

Palaeontology, the scientific study of fossils, has developed from a descriptive science to an analytical science used to interpret relationships between Earth and life history. This book provides a comprehensive and thematic treatment of applied palaeontology, covering the use of fossils in the ordering...
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by Michael J. Benton
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2014

Vertebrate palaeontology is a lively field, with new discoveries reported every week… and not only dinosaurs! This new edition reflects the international scope of vertebrate palaeontology, with a special focus on exciting new finds from China. A key aim is to explain the science. Gone are...
Cover of Techniques for Virtual Palaeontology
by Mark Sutton, Imran Rahman, Russell Garwood
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2013

Virtual palaeontology, the use of interactive three-dimensional digital models as a supplement or alternative to physical specimens for scientific study and communication, is rapidly becoming important to advanced students and researchers. Using non-invasive techniques, the method allows the capture...
Cover of Techniques for Virtual Palaeontology, Enhanced Edition
by Mark Sutton, Imran Rahman, Russell Garwood
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2014

Virtual palaeontology, the use of interactive three-dimensional digital models as a supplement or alternative to physical specimens for scientific study and communication, is rapidly becoming important to scientists and researchers in the field. Using non-invasive techniques, the method allows the...
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The Meaning of Fossils

Episodes in the History of Palaeontology

by Martin J. S. Rudwick
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2008

"It is not often that a work can literally rewrite a person's view of a subject. And this is exactly what Rudwick's book should do for many paleontologists' view of the history of their own field."—Stephen J. Gould, Paleobotany and Palynology "Rudwick has not merely written...
Cover of Fundamentals of Invertebrate Palaeontology
by Sreepat Jain
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2016

This book provides practical morphological information, together with detailed illustrations and concise texts explaining each entry. The book details the morphological characters of each organism, providing fundamental information for palaeontologists and palaeobiologists alike. Each chapter starts...
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by Raymond Enay
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012

How could life have started on Earth and how did it proceed? After a short discussion on the origin of life on Earth and the origin of the major body plans the invertebrates are presented in the order of increasing complexity by the most significant fossil representatives. In each case, the adaptive...
Cover of The History of Life: A Very Short Introduction
by Michael J. Benton
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2008

There are few stories more remarkable than the evolution of life on earth. This Very Short Introduction presents a succinct guide to the key episodes in that story - from the very origins of life four million years ago to the extraordinary diversity of species around the globe today. Beginning with...
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Carnivoran Evolution

New Views on Phylogeny, Form and Function

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Language: English
Release Date: July 29, 2010

Members of the mammalian clade Carnivora have invaded nearly every continent and ocean, evolving into bamboo-eating pandas, clam-eating walruses and of course, flesh-eating sabre-toothed cats. With this ecological, morphological and taxonomic diversity and a fossil record spanning over sixty million...
Cover of Introduction to Paleobiology and the Fossil Record
by David A. T. Harper, Michael Benton
Language: English
Release Date: April 25, 2013

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...
Cover of Primate Adaptation and Evolution
by John G. Fleagle
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2013

Primate Adaptation and Evolution, Third Edition, is a thorough revision of the text of choice for courses in primate evolution. The book retains its grounding in the extant primate groups as the best way to understand the fossil trail and the evolution of these modern forms. However, this coverage...
Cover of Tertiary Frogs from Central Europe
by Z.V. Spinar
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012

Remains of fossil frogs, elsewhere scarce, have been found abundantly for more than one hundred and twenty five years in the Tertiary deposits in northern and western Bohemia. In most cases they are imprints of complete skeletons or their parts poorly preserved in carbonaceous claystones, and difficult...
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Evolution

An Evolving Theory

by Charles Devillers, Jean Chaline
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012

Is evolution predictible? Taking into account the results of such diverse disciplines of natural sciences as e. g. genetics embryology, ecology, palaeontology on the threshold of the coming century, the authors stretch out their ideas for discussing this question. Charles Devillers, biologist, and...
Cover of Dinosaur Paleobiology
by Stephen L. Brusatte
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2012

The study of dinosaurs has been experiencing a remarkable renaissance over the past few decades. Scientific understanding of dinosaur anatomy, biology, and evolution has advanced to such a degree that paleontologists often know more about 100-million-year-old dinosaurs than many species of living...
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