Fossils, ontogeny, and phylogeny -- Evo-devo, plasticity, and modules -- Fossilized vertebrate ontogenies -- Bones and teeth under the microscope -- Proportions, growth, and taxonomy -- Growth and diversification patterns -- Fossils and developmental genetics -- "Missing links" …
The nature of a sample -- The stratigraphic framework -- Environmental controls on the distribution of species -- Stratigraphic controls on fossil occurrences -- The ecology of fossil taxa through time -- Morphological change through time -- From individual collections to global…
Species and speciation in the fossil record
Introduction: Taking fossil species seriously / W.D. Allmon and M.M. Yacobucci -- The "species concept" and the beginnings of paleobiology / D. Sepkoski -- The species problem : concepts, conflicts, and patterns preserved in the fossil record / W. Miller III -- Studying species …
Palaeobiology: a synthesis
by Briggs, Derek E. G., Crowther, Peter
fromBlackwell scientific publications
Palaeobiology: a synthesis