Introducing Palaeontology A Guide to Ancient Life.
- second edition.
- Edinburgh : Dunedin Academic Press, (c)2019.
- 1 online resource (195 pages).
- Introducing Earth and Environmental Sciences Ser. .
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographies and index.
Introducing Palaeontology provides a concise and accessible introduction to the science of palaeontology. The first part explains what a fossil is and how fossils came to be preserved. The second introduces the major fossil groups from algae and plants to the vertebrates and finally to man's ancestors. A glossary is provided.