The Dawn of Animal Life: A Biohistorical Study (Cambridge Earth Science Series)

Glaessner, Martin F.

ISBN 10: 0521235073 / ISBN 13: 9780521235075

Published by Cambridge University Press, 1984

Seller Inventory # mon0000005217

Synopsis:

This 1985 book examines the origin of the present diversity of marine invertebrate animals. A brief review of the early stages in the history of life discusses the time-scale of the relevant geological periods alongside corresponding events in the evolutionary sequence. These views of the early history of life are then matched against the fossil record and conjectures drawn from the living fauna, enabling the author to attempt an overview of the early diversification of marine animal life. Transitions to the succeeding assemblages of shellbearing fossils in Palaeozoic rocks are discussed and a number of stratigraphic adjustments are suggested for the period in which evolutionary events had their greatest impact on oceans and marine rock strata. The need for an interdisciplinary approach to early evolution is emphasized.

Book Description: This 1985 book examines the origin of the present diversity of marine invertebrate animals. A review of the early stages in the history of life discussing the time-scale of the relevant geological periods alongside corresponding events in the evolutionary sequence is followed by an overview of the early diversification of marine life.

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Dawn of Animal Life: A Biohistorical ...
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication Date: 1984
Binding: hardcover
Condition: Good