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