The Trace-Fossil Record of Major Evolutionary Events Volume 2: Mesozoic and Cenozoic

The Trace-Fossil Record of Major Evolutionary Events Volume 2: Mesozoic and Cenozoic / edited by M. Gabriela Mángano, Luis A. Buatois.

This volume addresses major evolutionary changes that took place during the Mesozoic and the Cenozoic. These include discussions on major evolutionary radiations and ecological innovations on land and at sea, such as the Mesozoic marine revolution, the Mesozoic radiation of vertebrates, the Mesozoic...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Mángano, M. Gabriela (Editor), Buatois, Luis A. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
Edition:1st ed. 2016.
Series:Topics in Geobiology, 40
Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Geoecology.
Environmental geology.
Geobiology.
Paleontology .
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. The end-Triassic mass extinction
  • 2. The Mesozoic marine revolution
  • 3. The Mesozoic vertebrate radiation
  • 4. The Mesozoic lacustrine revolution
  • 5. The end-Cretaceous mass extinction
  • 6. The Phanerozoic four revolutions and the evolution of paleosol ichnofacies
  • 7. The Cenozoic evolution of mammals
  • 8. The evolution of hominids
  • 9. Recurrent patterns and processes: The macroevolutionary significance of ichnology.

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