References and Web Links
Benton. M. J., and Harper, D. A. T., 1997: Basic Palaeontology. Longman.
Doyle, P., 1996: Understanding Fossils - An introduction to invertebrate palaeontology. John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
http://assateague.com/nt-bival.html
Lots of useful information about bivalves and provided pictures for the '
Modern Forms
' section of this site.
http://www.brookes.ac.uk/schools/geology/8361/1998/callie/bivalve.htm
Very informative site crammed full of information.
http://paleo.cortland.edu/tutorial/Bivalves/bivalvia.htm
Loads of general information on bivalves along with some photographs of extant species.
http://www.bgs.ac.uk/education/britstrat/timecharts/phaner.html
This site provides time charts and lots of general geological information.
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/brachiopoda/brachiopoda.html
If you would like to learn more about brachiopods which are mentioned in the '
Fossil Record
' section of this site, then visit the above address.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bivalvia
Lots of information on bivalves, with particular emphasis on their sub-groups
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