Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Preface and Acknowledgements vii
3. Contents ix
4. 1. Introduction 1
5. 2. The nature of higher taxa 6
6. 3. The nature of organisms 16
7. 4. The palaeontological evidence 37
8. 5. The developmental evidence 47
9. 6. The ecological perspective 72
10. 7. The invertebrate fossil record 86
11. 8. The vertebrate fossil record 116
12. 9. A synthesis 167
13. References 179
14. Index 195