New book on the paleontology and evolution of invertebrates

Invertebrate animals are essential groups in paleontology, due to their abundance in the fossil record and the diversity of their anatomical planes. Recognizing them and understanding their evolution is therefore an essential step in any university biology or geosciences course, whether it’s to root the evolutionary tree of present-day species in time, to date and reconstruct past environments and ecosystems, or simply to understand the history of life, biodiversity and associated evolutionary mechanisms.

This richly illustrated book, in French, aims to provide an overview of current knowledge on the evolution of the main groups, based on the most recent paleontological, stratigraphic, biological and genetic data. Readers will also benefit from an overview of the key concepts and uses of fossils in the Earth and evolutionary sciences.

This book is the result of a collaboration between members of GET and LGLTPE.

Contacts GET: Guillaume Dera, Elise Nardin et Markus Aretz