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Fossils at a Glance Paperback - 2009 - 2nd Edition

by Clare Milsom; Sue Rigby


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Fossils provide a powerful tool for the study of the nearly 4-billion-year history of life, and its role in the evolution of Earth systems. They also provide important data for evolutionary studies, and contribute to our understanding of the extinction of organisms and the origins of modern biodiversity.

Fossils At A Glance is written for students taking an introductory level course in paleontology. Short chapters introduce the main topics in the modern study of fossils. The most important fossil groups are discussed, from microfossils through invertebrates to vertebrates and plants, followed by a brief narrative of life on Earth.

Diagrams are central to the book and allow the reader to see most of the important data "at a glance". Each topic covers two pages and provides a self-contained suite of information or a starting point for future study.

This second edition has been thoroughly revised and brought up to date. It includes new line diagrams as well as photographs of selected fossils

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Fossils provide a powerful tool for the study of the nearly 4-billion-year history of life, and its role in the evolution of Earth systems. They also provide important data for evolutionary studies, and contribute to our understanding of the extinction of organisms and the origins of modern biodiversity.

Fossils At A Glance is written for students taking an introductory level course in paleontology. Short chapters introduce the main topics in the modern study of fossils. The most important fossil groups are discussed, from microfossils through invertebrates to vertebrates and plants, followed by a brief narrative of life on Earth.

Diagrams are central to the book and allow the reader to see most of the important data "at a glance". Each topic covers two pages and provides a self-contained suite of information or a starting point for future study.

This second edition has been thoroughly revised and brought up to date. It includes new line diagrams as well as photographs of selected fossils

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  • Title Fossils at a Glance
  • Author Clare Milsom; Sue Rigby
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition number 2nd
  • Edition 2
  • Pages 170
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Wiley-Blackwell
  • Date 2009-10
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9781405193368 / 1405193360
  • Weight 1.2 lbs (0.54 kg)
  • Dimensions 10.8 x 8.6 x 0.5 in (27.43 x 21.84 x 1.27 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Paleontology, Fossils
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2009015238
  • Dewey Decimal Code 560

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Citations

  • Scitech Book News, 03/01/2010, Page 44

About the author

Clare Milsom is Head of Learning and Teaching Development at Liverpool John Moores University, UK She has a PhD from Liverpool University and her main research interests are in exceptionally preserved crinoids, functional morphology, and evolution.

Sue Rigby is Assistant Principal for Taught Postgraduate Degrees at the University of Edinburgh, UK. She has a PhD from Cambridge and concentrates her research on the evolution of plankton and the functional morphology of graptolites.

Both authors enjoy teaching and have substantial experience in presenting paleontology to earth science and biology students.
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