Summary
This compact and reader-friendly book provides up-to-date and detailed analysis of the principles of palaeontology, systematics, palaeocolgy, evolution, invertebrate and vertebrate palaeontology, palaeobotany, and micropalaeontology. The text takes a holistic approach to the subject with concrete examples.
Primarily intended for undergraduate and postgraduate students of geology or earth sciences, the book will also be useful for zoology and botany undergraduates. Geologists, particularly those working in palaeontology, micropalaeontology, and palaeobotany will also benefit from the text.
Key features:
Provides up-to-date data, concepts and examples of fossils. Furnishes important data for laboratory work and stratigraphy. Gives pertinent information on fossil lagerstätten in a tabulated form.
Anis Kumar Ray, Ph.D., has been a faculty of the Department of Geology, Presidency College, Kolkata. He has nearly 40 years of teaching experience. He has served with distinction as assistant editor with Indian Journal of Earth Sciences and served as executive member of Indian Society of Earth Sciences. Dr. Ray has published many research papers.
