Australasian Fossils: A Students' Manual of Palaeontology

This manual presents fundamentals of fossil study—definitions, uses, classification, geological time scales, and methods for locating fossils and interpreting their rock contexts—followed by a systematic survey of fossil groups found in Australasia, including plants, foraminifera and radiolaria, sponges, corals, brachiopods, molluscs, echinoderms, arthropods, and vertebrates. Each section outlines morphology, stratigraphic range, and identification features, and the work includes numerous plates, figures, and an appendix with practical guidance on collecting and preserving specimens.