Bücher der Reihe Cambridge Paleobiology Series

This new undergraduate text provides an integrated view of the forces that influence the patterns and rates of vertebrate evolution. The evolutionary roles of behaviour, development, continental drift, and mass extinctions are compared with the importance of variation and natural selection that were emphasised by Darwin.

This beautifully illustrated book describes one of the most famous fossil deposits known. These fossils provide the most complete record available of life in the Devonian seas. Researchers and graduate students in palaeontology, geology and evolutionary biology will find this book valuable as well as amateur collectors and natural historians.

This is the first book to review the entire field of taphonomy, or the science of fossil preservation. It will be useful to anyone interested in the preservation of fossils and is aimed primarily at advanced students and professionals working in paleontology, stratigraphy, sedimentology, climate modeling and biogeochemistry.

The origins of angiosperms are still debated, after many years of study. The progress made toward resolving the problem is reviewed in this book, and the wider possibilities that may clarify the enigmatic origins of the dominant flowering plant groups are discussed.