The present book combines three main aspects five major mass extinctionscontributions on some other minor extinctions and more importantlycontributions on the c... » 

The present book combines three main aspects five major mass extinctionscontributions on some other minor extinctions and more importantlycontributions on the current mass extinction. All three aspects are introducedthrough interesting studies of mass extinctions in diverse organisms rangingfrom small invertebrates to mammals and take account of the most admiredsubjects discussing mass extinctions in insects mammals fishes ostracods andmolluscs. «