Cretaceous Fossils of South-Central Africa

An Illustrated Guide
1. Auflage 2018
ISBN: 978-1-138-33652-0
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 168 Seiten, Format (B × H): 209 mm x 148 mm, Gewicht: 254 g

This book serves as an introduction to the Cretaceous geology and palaeontology of south-central Africa, covering the whole of Southern and Eastern Africa and Angola. Fifty two plates illustrate almost 1000 species and provide a field guide to the macrofossils of the subcontinent. The book will be of value to field geologists, students and non-specialists with an interest in the natural world. A bibliography of the Cretaceous palaeontology and stratigraphy of the subcontinent is provided.

Features:

- Provides a concise account of the Cretaceous geology for 13 African regions

- Includes beautiful illustrations and a comprehensive bibliography

- Fossils are presented in stratigraphical order, allowing easy determination of the age deposits.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Cooper, Michael

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Evolutionsbiologie
• Geowissenschaften Geologie Geologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction

Eustasy

Milankovitch cycles

The break-up of Gondwana

Vicariance

The terminal Cretaceous extinction event

Regional Geology
Namibia

Northern Cape

Western Cape

Lesotho

Swaziland

Eastern Cape

KwaZulu-Natal

Moçambique

Zimbabwe
Angola

Malawi

Zambia

Tanzania

References

Illustrations of Cretaceous fossils

Über Autor(innen)

Michael Cooper has a D. Phil. from Oxford University where he was a Wolfson Scholar, and is Honorary Curator of Palaeontology at the Durban Natural Science Museum, as well as an Emeritus Professor of Geology at the University of KwaZulu-Natal. He has studied the Cretaceous geology and palaeontology of south-central Africa for almost 50 years, concerned mainly with the biostratigraphy, evolution and classification of the molluscan faunas (ammonites, bivalves) and echinoids. He has published over 120 scientific articles on these subjects, his research involving fieldwork in South Africa, Zimbabwe, Mozambique and Angola.