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Library of Congress Cataloguing-in-Publication Data
Benton, M. J. (Michael J.)
Introduction to paleobiology and the fossil record / Michael J Benton, David A.T. Harper.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-1-4051-8646-9 (hardback : alk. paper) – ISBN 978-1-4051-4157-4 (pbk. : alk. paper)
1. Evolutionary paleobiology. 2. Paleobiology. 3. Paleontology. I. Harper, D. A. T. II. Title.
QE721.2.E85B46 2008
560–dc22
2008015534

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