Microfossils, Second Edition

This is a new and completely rewritten edition of the well-known text Microfossils (first published in 1980) covering all the major microfossil groups, with information on taxonomy, phylogeny, ecology and palaeoecology.

• particular attention is given to the uses of microfossils in environmental reconstruction and biostratigraphy
• numerous line and half-tone illustrations
• emphasis on practical applications of micropalaeontology
• only student-friendly micropaleontology text available

Content:
Chapter 1 Introduction (pages 1–7): Howard A. Armstrong and Martin D. Brasier
Chapter 2 Micropalaeontology, Evolution and Biodiversity (pages 8–15): Howard A. Armstrong and Martin D. Brasier
Chapter 3 Microfossils in Stratigraphy (pages 16–24): Howard A. Armstrong and Martin D. Brasier
Chapter 4 Microfossils, Stable Isotopes and Ocean?Atmosphere History (pages 25–34): Howard A. Armstrong and Martin D. Brasier
Chapter 5 Microfossils as Thermal Metamorphic Indicators (pages 35–36): Howard A. Armstrong and Martin D. Brasier
Chapter 6 The Origin of Life and the Early Biosphere (pages 37–47): Howard A. Armstrong and Martin D. Brasier
Chapter 7 Emergence of Eukaryotes to the Cambrian Explosion (pages 48–58): Howard A. Armstrong and Martin D. Brasier
Chapter 8 Bacterial Ecosystems and Microbial Sediments (pages 59–67): Howard A. Armstrong and Martin D. Brasier
Chapter 9 Acritarchs and Prasinophytes (pages 69–79): Howard A. Armstrong and Martin D. Brasier
Chapter 10 Dinoflagellates and Ebridians (pages 80–95): Howard A. Armstrong and Martin D. Brasier
Chapter 11 Chitinozoa (pages 96–100): Howard A. Armstrong and Martin D. Brasier
Chapter 12 Scolecodonts (pages 101–103): Howard A. Armstrong and Martin D. Brasier
Chapter 13 Spores and Pollen (pages 104–125): Howard A. Armstrong and Martin D. Brasier
Chapter 14 Calcareous Nannoplankton: Coccolithophores and Discoasters (pages 127–141): Howard A. Armstrong and Martin D. Brasier
Chapter 15 Foraminifera (pages 142–187): Howard A. Armstrong and Martin D. Brasier
Chapter 16 Radiozoa (Acantharia, Phaeodaria and Radiolaria) And Heliozoa (pages 188–199): Howard A. Armstrong and Martin D. Brasier
Chapter 17 Diatoms (pages 200–209): Howard A. Armstrong and Martin D. Brasier
Chapter 18 Silicoflagellates and chrysophytes (pages 210–214): Howard A. Armstrong and Martin D. Brasier
Chapter 19 Ciliophora: Tintinnids and Calpionellids (pages 215–218): Howard A. Armstrong and Martin D. Brasier
Chapter 20 Ostracods (pages 219–248): Howard A. Armstrong and Martin D. Brasier
Chapter 21 Conodonts (pages 249–272): Howard A. Armstrong and Martin D. Brasier