Evolutionary Stasis and Change in the Dominican Republic Neogene

Softcover Nachdruck of the original 1. Auflage 2008
ISBN: 978-94-024-0486-9
Verlag: Springer Netherlands

Buch, Englisch, Band 30, 316 Seiten, Previously published in hardcover, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 505 g

Reihe: Topics in Geobiology

Here, a diverse group of geologists and paleobiologists focus their attention on the richly fossiliferous Neogene stratigraphic sections of the Dominican Republic. They provide an updated geological framework and a series of novel studies of evolutionary stasis and change among different lineages and associated ecological communities. This collection of studies illustrates the immense potential of collaborative, multidisciplinary, and field-based paleobiological research.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Budd, Ann F.

Nehm, Ross H.

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Biogeographie
• Geowissenschaften Geologie Umweltgeologie, Geoökologie
• Geowissenschaften Geologie Paläontologie, Taphonomie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Palaeobiological Research in the Cibao Valley of the Northern Dominican Republic.- An Overview of the Regional Geology and Stratigraphy of the Neogene Deposits of the Cibao Valley, Dominican Republic.- Constraints on Late Miocene Shallow Marine Seasonality for the Central Caribbean Using Oxygen Isotope and Sr/Ca Ratios in a Fossil Coral.- Assessing the Effects of Taphonomic Processes on Palaeobiological Patterns using Turbinid Gastropod Shells and Opercula.- Early Evolution of the Montastraea “annularis” Species Complex (Anthozoa: Scleractinia): Evidence from the Mio-Pliocene of the Dominican Republic.- Evolutionary Patterns Within the Reef Coral Siderastrea in the Mio-Pliocene of the Dominican Republic.- Neogene Evolution of the Reef Coral Species Complex Montastraea “cavernosa”.- The Dynamics of Evolutionary Stasis and Change in the ‘Prunum maoense Group’.- Assessing Community Change in Miocene to Pliocene Coral Assemblages of the Northern Dominican Republic.- Mollusc Assemblage Variability in the Río Gurabo Section (Dominican Republic Neogene): Implications for Species-Level Stasis.- The Impact of Fossils from the Northern Dominican Republic on Origination Estimates for Miocene and Pliocene Caribbean Reef Corals.- Science Education and the Dominican Republic Project.- The Neogene Marine Biota of Tropical America (“NMITA”) Database: Integrating Data from the Dominican Republic Project.