This is a new and completely rewritten edition of the well-known text Microfossils (first published in 1980) covering all the major microfossil groups, with information on taxonomy, phylogeny, ecology and palaeoecology.

• particular attention is given to the uses of microfossils in environmental reconstruction and biostratigraphy
  
• numerous line and half-tone illustrations
  
• emphasis on practical applications of micropalaeontology
  
• only student-friendly micropaleontology text available