All three aspects are introduced through interesting studies of mass extinctions in diverse organisms ranging from small invertebrates to mammals and take account of the most admired subjects discussing mass extinctions in insects, mammals, fishes, ostracods and molluscs.
| kathryn v johnson jeffery deaver hamdy a taha andrew mcgill hans walter heldt | s v blakeslee deepa sn sudarshan s rynearson edward k m d vajpayee atal bihari |