The Trace-Fossil Record of Major Evolutionary Events Volume 1: Precambrian and Paleozoic

The Trace-Fossil Record of Major Evolutionary Events Volume 1: Precambrian and Paleozoic / edited by M. Gabriela Mángano, Luis A. Buatois.

This volume addresses major evolutionary changes that took place during the Ediacaran and the Paleozoic. These include discussions on the nature of Ediacaran ecosystems, as well as the ichnologic signature of evolutionary radiations, such as the Cambrian explosion and the Great Ordovician biodiversi...

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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, 39
Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Geoecology.
Environmental geology.
Geobiology.
Paleontology .
Evolutionary biology.
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. The conceptual and methodological tools of ichnology
  • 2. Ediacaran ecosystems and the dawn of animals
  • 3. The Cambrian explosion
  • 4. The Great Ordovician Biodiversification event
  • 5. The prelude to terrestrial invasion
  • 6. The establishment of continental ecosystems
  • 7. The end-Permian mass extinction.

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