Prothero, Donald R., <br/><br/>
Bringing fossils to life :  an introduction to paleobiology / 
Donald R. Prothero. 
 - Third Edition. 
 - xiii, 671 pages :  illustrations, maps ;  29 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 619-655) and index. 
<br/><br/>To the Student: Why Study Fossils? -- Part I. The Fossil Record : A Window on the Past -- The Fossil Record -- Variation in Fossils -- Species and Speciation -- Systematics -- Evolution -- Extinction -- Functional Morphology -- Paleoecology -- Biogeography -- Biostratigraphy -- Part II. Life of the Past and Present -- Life's Origins and Early Evolution -- Micropaleontology : Fossil Protistans -- Colonial Life : Sponges, Archaeocyathans, and Cnidarians -- The Lophophorates  Brachiopods and Bryozoans -- Jointed Limbs -- Kingdom of the Seashell : The Molluscs -- Spiny Skins : The Echinoderms -- Dry Bones : Vertebrates and their Relatives -- Fossilized Behavior : Trace Fossils -- Traces of Earth's Green Mantle : Paleobotany -- Glossary. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780231158923 (cloth : acidfree paper) 9780231158930 (paperback : acid-free paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2013006698 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Paleobiology--Textbooks.<br/>Fossils--Textbooks.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>QE719.8  / .P76 2013 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>560