Nehm / Budd Evolutionary Stasis and Change in the Dominican Republic Neogene

2008
ISBN: 978-1-4020-8215-3
Verlag: Springer Netherland
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, Band 30, 316 Seiten, eBook

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.

Nehm, Ross H.

Budd, Ann F.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface
Warren D. Allmon

Contributors

1. Palaeobiological Research in the Cibao Valley of the Northern Dominican Republic
Ross H. Nehm and Ann F. Budd

2. An Overview of the Regional Geology and Stratigraphy of the Neogene Deposits of the Cibao Valley, Dominican Republic
Donald F. McNeill, James S. Klaus, Charles C. Evans and Ann F. Budd

3. Constraints on Late Miocene Shallow Marine Seasonality for the Central Caribbean using Oxygen Isotope and Sr/Ca Ratios in a Fossil Coral
Rhawn F. Denniston, Stephanie C. Penn and Ann F. Budd

4. Assessing the Effects of Taphonomic Processes on Palaeobiological Patterns using Turbinid Gastropod Shells and Opercula
Ross H. Nehm and Caroles S. Hickman

5. Early evolution of the Montastraea 'annularis' species complex (Anthozoa: Scleractinia): Evidence from the Mio-Pliocene of the Dominican Republic
Ann F. Budd and James S. Klaus

6. Evolutionary Patterns within the Reef Coral Siderastrea in the Mio-Pliocene of the Dominican Republic
Brain R. Beck and Ann F. Budd

7. Neogene Evolution of the Reef Coral Species Complex Montastraea 'Cavernosa'
Holly A. Schultz and Ann F. Budd

8. The Dynamics of Evolutionary Stasis and Change in the ‘Prunum maoense Group’
Ross H. Nehm

9. Assessing Community Change in Miocene to Pliocene Coral Assemblages of the Northern Dominican Republic
James S. Klaus, Ann F. Budd, Kenneth G. Johnson and Donald F. McNeill

10. Mollusc Assemblage Variability in the Río Gurabo Section (Dominican Republic Neogene): Implications for Species-level Stasis
Rysanek Rivera, Jermaine Lawson, Maria Harvey and Ross H. Nehm

11. The Impact of Fossils from the Northern Dominican Republic on Origination Estimates for Miocene and Pliocene Caribbean Reef Corals
Kenneth G. Johnson, Ann F. Budd, James S. Klaus andDonald F. McNeill

12. Science Education and the Dominican Republic Project
Ross H. Nehm, Ann. F. Budd, and Jupiter Luna

13. The Neogene Marine Biota of Tropical America (‘NMITA’) database: Integrating data from the Dominican Republic Project
Ann. F. Budd, Tiffany S. Adrain, Juw Won Park, James S. Klaus and Kenneth G. Johnson