BOOK COVER -- TITLE -- COPYRIGHT -- CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- CHAPTER 1 AN OVERVIEW OF PALEOZOIC TIME -- PALEOZOIC LIFE -- PALEOZOIC GEOGRAPHY -- CHAPTER 2 THE CAMBRIAN PERIOD -- THE CAMBRIAN ENVIRONMENT -- PALEOGEOGRAPHY -- PALEOCLIMATE -- CAMBRIAN LIFE -- THE FOSSIL RECORD OF THE PRECAMBRIAN-CAMBRIAN TRANSITION -- PHOTOSYNTHETIC ORGANISMS -- FAUNA -- DEPOSITS WITH SOFT-BODIED ORGANISMS -- CAMBRIAN EXTINCTION EVENTS -- SIGNIFICANT CAMBRIAN LIFE-FORMS -- CAMBRIAN GEOLOGY -- TYPES AND DISTRIBUTION -- THE BOUNDARIES AND SUBDIVISIONS OF THE CAMBRIAN SYSTEM -- THE ECONOMIC SIGNIFICANCE OF CAMBRIAN DEPOSITS -- THE CORRELATION OF CAMBRIAN STRATA -- STAGES OF THE CAMBRIAN PERIOD -- FORTUNIAN STAGE -- DRUMIAN STAGE -- GUZHANGIAN STAGE -- PAIBIAN STAGE -- CHAPTER 3 THE ORDOVICIAN PERIOD -- THE ORDOVICIAN ENVIRONMENT -- PALEOGEOGRAPHY -- PALEOCLIMATE -- ORDOVICIAN LIFE -- MARINE ORGANISMS -- TERRESTRIAL ORGANISMS -- THE ORDOVICIAN RADIATION -- ORDOVICIAN EXTINCTION EVENTS -- FAUNAL PROVINCES -- SIGNIFICANT ORDOVICIAN LIFE-FORMS -- ORDOVICIAN GEOLOGY -- SIGNIFICANT GEOLOGIC EVENTS -- THE ECONOMIC SIGNIFICANCE OF ORDOVICIAN DEPOSITS -- THE MAJOR SUBDIVISIONS OF THE ORDOVICIAN SYSTEM -- THE CORRELATION OF ORDOVICIAN STRATA -- STAGES OF THE ORDOVICIAN PERIOD -- TREMADOCIAN STAGE -- FLOIAN STAGE -- DAPINGIAN STAGE -- DARRIWILIAN STAGE -- SANDBIAN STAGE -- KATIAN STAGE -- HIRNANTIAN STAGE -- CHAPTER 4 THE SILURIAN PERIOD -- THE SILURIAN ENVIRONMENT -- PALEOGEOGRAPHY -- PALEOCLIMATE -- SILURIAN LIFE -- PENTAMERID COMMUNITIES -- REEF MOUNDS AND CORAL BIOSTROMES -- FISHES -- VASCULAR LAND PLANTS -- SILURIAN EXTINCTION EVENTS -- SIGNIFICANT SILURIAN LIFE-FORMS -- SILURIAN GEOLOGY -- THE ECONOMIC SIGNIFICANCE OF SILURIAN DEPOSITS -- THE MAJOR SUBDIVISIONS OF THE SILURIAN SYSTEM -- SIGNIFICANT GEOLOGIC EVENTS -- THE OCCURRENCE AND DISTRIBUTION OF SILURIAN DEPOSITS.

THE CORRELATION OF SILURIAN STRATA -- ESTABLISHING SILURIAN BOUNDARIES -- STAGES OF THE SILURIAN PERIOD -- RHUDDANIAN STAGE -- AERONIAN STAGE -- TELYCHIAN STAGE -- SHEINWOODIAN STAGE -- HOMERIAN STAGE -- GORSTIAN STAGE -- LUDFORDIAN STAGE -- PRIDOLI SERIES -- CHAPTER 5 THE DEVONIAN PERIOD -- THE DEVONIAN ENVIRONMENT -- PALEOGEOGRAPHY -- PALEOCLIMATE -- DEVONIAN LIFE -- INVERTEBRATES -- VERTEBRATES -- PLANTS -- FAUNAL REALMS AND MIGRATIONS -- DEVONIAN EXTINCTION EVENTS -- SIGNIFICANT DEVONIAN LIFE-FORMS -- DEVONIAN GEOLOGY -- SIGNIFICANT GEOLOGIC EVENTS -- THE ECONOMIC SIGNIFICANCE OF DEVONIAN DEPOSITS -- THE MAJOR SUBDIVISIONS OF THE DEVONIAN SYSTEM -- ESTABLISHING DEVONIAN BOUNDARIES -- THE OCCURRENCE AND DISTRIBUTION OF DEVONIAN DEPOSITS -- THE CORRELATION OF DEVONIAN STRATA -- STAGES OF THE DEVONIAN PERIOD -- LOCHKOVIAN STAGE -- PRAGIAN STAGE -- EMSIAN STAGE -- EIFELIAN STAGE -- GIVETIAN STAGE -- FRASNIAN STAGE -- FAMENNIAN STAGE -- CHAPTER 6 THE CARBONIFEROUS PERIOD -- THE CARBONIFEROUS ENVIRONMENT -- PALEOGEOGRAPHY -- PALEOCLIMATE -- CARBONIFEROUS LIFE -- INVERTEBRATES -- PLANTS -- FISHES -- AMPHIBIANS AND EARLY REPTILES -- SIGNIFICANT CARBONIFEROUS LIFE-FORMS -- CARBONIFEROUS GEOLOGY -- SIGNIFICANT GEOLOGIC EVENTS -- THE MAJOR SUBDIVISIONS OF THE CARBONIFEROUS SYSTEM -- THE ECONOMIC SIGNIFICANCE OF CARBONIFEROUS DEPOSITS -- THE OCCURRENCE AND DISTRIBUTION OF CARBONIFEROUS DEPOSITS -- THE CORRELATION OF CARBONIFEROUS STRATA -- STAGES OF THE CARBONIFEROUS PERIOD -- MISSISSIPPIAN SUBPERIOD -- PENNSYLVANIAN SUBPERIOD -- CHAPTER 7 THE PERMIAN PERIOD -- THE PERMIAN ENVIRONMENT -- PALEOGEOGRAPHY -- PALEOCLIMATE -- PERMIAN LIFE -- THE EMERGENCE OF IMPORTANT REPTILES -- PERMIAN MASS EXTINCTION -- SIGNIFICANT PERMIAN LIFE-FORMS -- PERMIAN GEOLOGY -- THE MAJOR SUBDIVISIONS OF THE PERMIAN SYSTEM -- THE ECONOMIC SIGNIFICANCE OF PERMIAN DEPOSITS.

THE OCCURRENCE AND DISTRIBUTION OF PERMIAN DEPOSITS -- THE CORRELATION OF PERMIAN STRATA -- DELINEATING THE MAJOR BOUNDARIES AND SUBDIVISIONS OF THE PERMIAN SYSTEM -- STAGES OF THE PERMIAN PERIOD -- ASSELIAN STAGE -- SAKMARIAN STAGE -- ARTINSKIAN STAGE -- KUNGURIAN STAGE -- ROADIAN STAGE -- WORDIAN STAGE -- CAPITANIAN STAGE -- WUCHIAPINGIAN STAGE -- CHANGHSINGIAN STAGE -- CONCLUSION -- GLOSSARY -- FOR FURTHER READING -- INDEX -- BACK COVER.