Bringing Fossils to Life: An Introduction to Paleobiology

In the late Paleocene, when I took upper division paleontology, we used Clarkson's Invertebrate Paleontology and Evolution, which was very good. But in all honesty, it was a lovely grad student/lab instructor who made paleontology interesting and kept students motivated. Prothero does the same here with his words (rather than his figure!) since he's consulted over the years with those who matter most: his students.I've read his EVOLUTION: WHY IT MATTERS and AFTER THE DINOSAURS and find Prothero's writing style easy to digest. He also packages chapters efficiently. I picked up an older and cheaper edition of this title and confirmed that his method is no fluke. If you can afford the price of the latest edition, it's probably worth it.

Standard introductory Palaeontology text. Would be nicer if in colour.

Easy to read. References are provided at the end of each chapter.

A vwry good text book, not full of all the mega fawna, but still a good book.

Long winded but was a required text for class with most assignments taken from information in the book so it worked in that case.

Better than the fossil books that attempt to replace it. Grab an old copy whenever you can as the explanations are better organized and simpler to understand

Thank you

Did not acquire the skill set or means to revive conodonts, only worked on the hagfish.. NOBODY LIKES HAGFISH

Hervorragende Einführung in die Paläobiologie. Grundwissen verständlich vermittelt, auch für interessierte Laien geeignet. Ein wenig Vorwissen mitzubringen schadet nicht, ist aber nicht unbedingt notwendig, alle Konzepte sind wissenschaftlich genau und verständlich erklärt, wie man es von einem guten Lehrbuch erwartet.

Un "pavé" mais aussi une somme de savoirs à jour, bien illustrés et agréablement rédigés par un des patrons de la vulgarisation de haut niveau en paléontologie.Sans équivalent en langue française, les vieux traités ayant décidément mal..........évolué !Le brochage aurait sans doute gagné à être réalisé en cahiers cousus et non collés étant donné le poids de l'ouvrage.