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MARINE PALAEOENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS FROM FOSSILS, edited by Dan W. J. Bosence and Peter A. Allison. Geological Society Special Publication No. 83, The Geological Society, London 1995, 272 pp. ISBN 1–897799–21–7. Hardback £ 39.
INTERPRETING THE HIERARCHY OF NATURE: FROM SYSTEMATIC PATTERNS TO EVOLUTIONARY PROCESSES THEORIES, edited by Lance Grande and Olivier Rieppel. Academic Press, San Diego 1994. 298pp. ISBN 0–12–295120–4. Hardback. $59.95.
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