Buch, Englisch, Band 39, 358 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 638 g
Reihe: Topics in Geobiology
Volume 1: Precambrian and Paleozoic
Buch, Englisch, Band 39, 358 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 638 g
Reihe: Topics in Geobiology
ISBN: 978-94-024-1407-3
Verlag: Springer Netherlands
This volume set provides innovative reviews of the major evolutionary events in the history of life from an ichnologic perspective. Because the long temporal range of trace fossils has been commonly emphasized, biogenic structures have been traditionally overlooked in macroevolution. However, comparisons of ichnofaunas through geologic time do reveal the changing ecology of organism-substrate interactions. The use of trace fossils in evolutionary paleoecology represents a new trend that is opening a window for our understanding of major evolutionary radiations and mass extinctions. Trace fossils provide crucial evidence for the recognition of spatial and temporal patterns and processes associated with paleoecologic breakthroughs.
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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.