Frontmatter

Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Frontmatter 1
2. Contents 3
3. Preface 4
4. 1 FOSSILS, ROCKS AND GEOLOGICAL TIME 6
5. 2 THE OLDEST FOSSILS 28
6. 3 TRILOBITES AND OTHER ARTHROPODS 44
7. 4 AMMONITES AND THEIR RELATIVES 62
8. 5 SUPERABUNDANT SHELLS 76
9. 6 INVERTEBRATES OF ALL SHAPES AND SIZES 102
10. 7 THE PHYLUM OF FIVE: ECHINODERMS 126
11. 8 FISHES AND AMPHIBIANS: FROM FINS TO FEET 146
12. 9 REPTILES AND BIRDS: THE RISE OF THE ARCHOSAURS 162
13. 10 OUR FAMILY AND OTHER MAMMALS 182
14. 11 FOSSIL PLANTS: THE GREENS JOIN THE PARTY 204
15. 12 MICROFOSSILS BY THE MILLIONS 222
16. 13 TRACE FOSSILS: SNAPSHOTS OF ANCIENT BEHAVIOUR 236
17. FURTHER INFORMATION 250
18. INDEX 250
19. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 256
20. PICTURE CREDITS 256