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Life of the past

By: Contributor(s): Series: Prentice Hall earth science seriesPublisher: Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Prentice Hall, [1999]Copyright date: ©1999Edition: Fourth edition / William I. Ausich, N. Gary LaneDescription: x, 321 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0138960690
  • 9780138960698
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Online version:: Life of the past.DDC classification:
  • 560 21
LOC classification:
  • QE711.2 .L35 1999
Incomplete contents:
Time and fossils -- The organization of life -- Rocks and fossils -- Origins of earth, oceans, atmosphere, and life -- Organic evolution and extinction -- Continental drift and plate tectonics -- Paleobiogeography -- The Precambrian fossil record -- Introduction to marine communities and the Cambrian -- Paleozoic, Mesozoic, and Cenozoic ocean-bottom faunas -- The fossil record of plankton and nekton -- Marine predators -- Origin and early evolution of terrestrial communities -- Terrestrial primary producers: the land plants -- Early consumers on land: reptiles -- Advanced consumers on land: the mammals -- Primate and human evolution
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Circulating textbook (3-week) NMC Library Circulating Textbooks ENV 104 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 33039001376549

Life of the Past

Revised edition of: Life of the past / N. Gary Lane. 3rd ed. c1992

Includes bibliographical references and index

Time and fossils -- The organization of life -- Rocks and fossils -- Origins of earth, oceans, atmosphere, and life -- Organic evolution and extinction -- Continental drift and plate tectonics -- Paleobiogeography -- The Precambrian fossil record -- Introduction to marine communities and the Cambrian -- Paleozoic, Mesozoic, and Cenozoic ocean-bottom faunas -- The fossil record of plankton and nekton -- Marine predators -- Origin and early evolution of terrestrial communities -- Terrestrial primary producers: the land plants -- Early consumers on land: reptiles -- Advanced consumers on land: the mammals -- Primate and human evolution

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