Stratigraphic paleobiology : understanding the distribution of fossil taxa in time and space / Mark E. Patzkowsky & Steven M. Holland.
Whether the fossil record should be read at face value or whether it presents a distorted view of the history of life is an argument seemingly as old as many fossils themselves. In the late 1700s, Georges Cuvier argued for a literal interpretation, but in the early 1800s, Charles Lyell & rsquo;s...
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Table of Contents:
- The nature of a sample
- The stratigraphic framework
- Environmental controls on the distribution of species
- Stratigraphic controls on fossil occurrences
- The ecology of fossil taxa through time
- Morphological change through time
- From individual collections to global diversity
- Ecosystem change through time
- From beginnings to prospects
- Common sequence stratigraphic terms.