Basic Questions In Paleontology: Geologic Time, Organic Evolution, And Biological Systematics

1. The Nature, Task, And Place Of Paleontology. Definition Of Terms, Goals, And Methods. Relationship To Biology: Implications For Evolution. Relationship To Geology And The Humanities -- 2. Basic Questions In Geologic Time. The Basis For Measuring Time And Determining Age. A Survey Of The Temporal Distribution Of Plant And Animal Phyla. Some Particular Questions Concerning The Paleontological Classification Of Time -- 3. Basic Questions In Organic Evolution. The Authenticity Of The Fossil Record. Patterns In Evolution -- 4. Basic Questions In Biological Systematics. The Nature And Task Of Systematics. The Nature Of Taxonomic Categories. Natural And Artificial Systematics. Morphological And Phylogenetic Systematics. On Idealistic Morphology. The Systematics Of Parallel Evolutionary Lineages. Otto H. Schindewolf ; Translated By Judith Schaefer ; Edited And With An Afterword By Wolf-ernst Reif ; With A Foreword By Stephen Jay Gould. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 427-434) And Index.