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Author : Thomas M. Bown,Kenneth David Rose
Publisher : Geological Society of America
Page : 253 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780813722436
Author : Thomas E. Williamson
Publisher : New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science
Page : 147 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Geology
ISBN : 8210379456XXX
Author : Anna K. Behrensmeyer
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 596 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1992-08-15
Category : Science
ISBN : 0226041549
Breathtaking in scope, this is the first survey of the entire ecological history of life on land—from the earliest traces of terrestrial organisms over 400 million years ago to the beginning of human agriculture. By providing myriad insights into the unique ecological information contained in the fossil record, it establishes a new and ambitious basis for the study of evolutionary paleoecology of land ecosystems. A joint undertaking of the Evolution of Terrestrial Ecosystems Consortium at the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, and twenty-six additional researchers, this book begins with four chapters that lay out the theoretical background and methodology of the science of evolutionary paleoecology. Included are a comprehensive review of the taphonomy and paleoenvironmental settings of fossil deposits as well as guidelines for developing ecological characterizations of extinct organisms and the communities in which they lived. The remaining three chapters treat the history of terrestrial ecosystems through geological time, emphasizing how ecological interactions have changed, the rate and tempo of ecosystem change, the role of exogenous "forcing factors" in generating ecological change, and the effect of ecological factors on the evolution of biological diversity. The six principal authors of this volume are all associated with the Evolution of Terrestrial Ecosystems program at the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution.
Author : Kenneth D. Rose
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 468 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2006-10-31
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780801892219
In the tradition of G. G. Simpson's classic work, Kenneth D. Rose's The Beginning of the Age of Mammals analyzes the events that occurred directly before and after the mysterious K-T boundary which so quickly thrust mammals from obscurity to planetary dominance. Rose surveys the evolution of mammals, beginning with their origin from cynodont therapsids in the Mesozoic, contemporary with dinosaurs, through the early Cenozoic, with emphasis on the Paleocene and Eocene adaptive radiations of therian mammals. Focusing on the fossil record, he presents the anatomical evidence used to interpret behavior and phylogenetic relationships. The life's work of one of the most knowledgeable researchers in the field, this richly illustrated, magisterial book combines sound scientific principles and meticulous research and belongs on the shelf of every paleontologist and mammalogist.
Author : Michael O. Woodburne
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 413 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2004-04-21
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780231503785
This book places into modern context the information by which North American mammalian paleontologists recognize, divide, calibrate, and discuss intervals of mammalian evolution known as North American Land Mammal Ages. It incorporates new information on the systematic biology of the fossil record and utilizes the many recent advances in geochronologic methods and their results. The book describes the increasingly highly resolved stratigraphy into which all available temporally significant data and applications are integrated. Extensive temporal coverage includes the Lancian part of the Late Cretaceous, and geographical coverage includes information from Mexico, an integral part of the North American fauna, past and present.
Author : Raymond R. Rogers,David A. Eberth,Anthony R. Fiorillo
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 512 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2010-02-15
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780226723730
The vertebrate fossil record extends back more than 500 million years, and bonebeds—localized concentrations of the skeletal remains of vertebrate animals—help unlock the secrets of this long history. Often spectacularly preserved, bonebeds—both modern and ancient—can reveal more about life histories, ecological associations, and preservation patterns than any single skeleton or bone. For this reason, bonebeds are frequently studied by paleobiologists, geologists, and archeologists seeking to piece together the vertebrate record. Thirteen respected researchers combine their experiences in Bonebeds, providing readers with workable definitions, theoretical frameworks, and a compendium of modern techniques in bonebed data collection and analysis. By addressing the historical, theoretical, and practical aspects of bonebed research, this edited volume—the first of its kind—provides the background and methods that students and professionals need to explore and understand these fantastic records of ancient life and death.
Author : Gregg F. Gunnell
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 458 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781461512714
Initially, this work was designed to document and study the diversification of modern mammalian groups and was quite successful and satisfying. However, as field and laboratory work continued, there began to develop a suspicion that not all of the Eocene story was being told. It became apparent that most fossil samples, especially those from the American West, were derived from similar preservational circumstances and similar depositional settings. A program was initiated to look for other potential sources of fossil samples, either from non-traditional lithologies or from geographic areas that were not typically sampled. As this program of research grew it began to demonstrate that different lithologies and different geographic areas told different stories from those that had been developed based on more typical faunal assemblages. This book is conceived as an introduction to non-traditional Eocene fossils samples, and as a place to document and discuss features of these fossil assemblages that are rare or that come from rarely represented habitats.
Author : Joseph Herbert Hartman,Kirk R. Johnson,Douglas J. Nichols
Publisher : Geological Society of America
Page : 530 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Science
ISBN : 0813723612
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 56 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Geology
ISBN : MINN:31951T00154981S
Author : Geological Survey (U.S.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 746 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Geology
ISBN : UOM:39015023891792
Author : Spencer G. Lucas,Kate E. Zeigler,Peter E. Kondrashov
Publisher : New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2004-01-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 8210379456XXX
Author : Scott L. Wing
Publisher : Geological Society of America
Page : 628 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2003-01-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 0813723698
Author : Lon D. Abbott,Gregory S. Hancock
Publisher : Geological Society of America
Page : 398 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2013-10-16
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780813700335
"This guide's 14 chapters, which span the Rocky Mountain region's 1.7-billion-year history, give a retrospective glimpse of early geologic ideas being forged, bring the latest mapping and analytical results from classic locations, and introduce techniques that will form the bedrock of our geologic understanding in the years to come"--
Author : Kenneth D. Rose
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2005-03-29
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 080188022X
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Author : Spencer G. Lucas,Jiri Zidek
Publisher : New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Paleontology
ISBN : 8210379456XXX
