Paleocommunities : A Case Study from the Silurian and Lower Devonian (World and Reregional Geology Series, 11) - This work examines fossil communities, chiefly benthic, from Silurian and Devonian rocks. It discusses their environmental and evolutionary significance which provides an ecological view of this part of the stratigraphic column. Its aim is to illustrate a new trend for palaeontological research and synthesis that could be applied to other time intervals.