Fundamentals of Invertebrate Palaeontology: Microfossils [Hardcover]

This book provides practical morphological information, together with detailed illustrations and brief explanatory texts. Each chapter starts with a brief introduction, and goes on to describe the respective organisms morphology in detail through numerous illustrations. This is followed by a brief note on its classification, and concludes with illustrated examples of stratigraphically important organisms through time with their major distinguishing characteristics. Featuring over 2500 clearly labelled, hand-drawn and classroom-friendly illustrations, the book offers a fundamental resource for budding palaeontologists, petroleum geologists and palaeobiologists.Chitinozoa.- Acritarchs.- Pollen and Spores.- Dinoflagellates.- Conodonts.- Radiolarians.- Marine Diatoms.- Ostracods.- Benthic Foraminifera.- Calcareous Nannofossils.- Calpionellids.

Jains new book ranks amongst the best reference tomes in reviewing cur?rent micropalaeontological knowledge and com?municating this in a highly suitable form & . this book aptly demonstrates the amazing diversity of microfossils. Important is the fact that all chapters are organised and styled similarly, and their length is comparable, making this tome really comprehensive. & both clarity and brevity of explanations make this book an easy read for a wider audience, including those people who have only very elementary knowledge of microfos?sils, or none at all. (Dmitry A. Ruban, Geologos, Vol. 26 (3), 2020)

Dr. Sreepat Jain is a Professor at the Department of Applied Geology, Adama Science and Technology University, Adama, Ethiopia. With over two decades of teaching and research experience, Prof. Jain holds two doctorates, one from India and the other from the United States. Prof. Jain has been awarded the TA Excellence in Teaching for meritorious teaching in the United States and has also received the prestigious Prof.ló£