Invertebrate Palaeontology and EvolutionInvertebrate Palaeontology and Evolution is well established as the foremost palaeontology text at the undergraduate level. This fully revised fourth edition includes a complete update of the sections on evolution and the fossil record, and the evolution of the early metazoans.
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adapted ambulacra ammonites ammonoids animals aperture appendages archaeocyathids arthropods assemblages bivalves brachiopods bryozoans Burgess Shale burrowing calcareous calcite Cambrian Carboniferous cavity cephalon cephalopods classification coiled colony corallites corals Cretaceous crinoids crustaceans Devonian diversity dorsal early echinoderms echinoids ecological environment eurypterids evolution evolutionary extinct fauna fossil record functional gastropods genera genes genus Geological Society gills graptolites graptoloids groups growth habitat hinge hypostome Invertebrate Paleontology Jurassic kinds known later layer Lethaia living London lophophore mantle marine Mesozoic modern molluscs morphology muscles Nautilus normally Ordovician organisms origin pair Palaeontology Palaeozoic pattern pedicle pedicle valve Permian phylum plates pore posterior preserved probably radial Redrawn reef rhabdosome Rugosa sea floor sediment segments septa shell showing Silurian siphuncle skeleton species specimens spines sponges stratigraphical stromatoporoids structure Subclass SUBORDER surface suture taxonomic thecae tissue trace fossils Treatise on Invertebrate trilobites tube feet types Upper ventral vertical zone zooids