Principles of paleontology (A Series of books in geology)

Large 8vo. x, 388 pp, preface, Part I. Description and Classification of Fossils: 1. Preservation and the Fossil Record; 2. Describing a Single Specimen; 3. Ontogenetic Variation; 4. The Population as a Unit; 5. The Species; as a Unit; 6. Grouping of Species into Higher Categories; 7. Identification of Fossils. Part II. The Uses of Paleontologic Data: 8. Adaptation and Functional Morphology; 9. Paleoecology; 10. Evolution and the Fossil Record; 11. Biostratigraphy; 12. Uses of Paleontologic Data in Geophysics and Geochemistry; references cited, index with b&w illustrations throughout. First Edition, 1971. Tan cloth with blind-stamped fossil and gilt lettering on front board, and gilt lettering to spine.