Fossil Ecosystems of North America

1. Auflage 2008
ISBN: 978-1-84076-088-0
Verlag: CRC Press

Buch, Englisch, 288 Seiten, Format (B × H): 148 mm x 210 mm, Gewicht: 521 g

Most major recent advances in understanding the history of life on Earth have been through the study of exceptionally well preserved biotas (Fossil-Lagerstätten). These are windows on the history of life on Earth and can provide a fairly complete picture of the evolution of ecosystems through time. This book follows the success of Evolution of Fossil Ecosystems by the same authors which covered Fossil-Lagerstätten around the world. The success of the first book prompted this new book which draws on four localities from the original book and adds another ten, all located in North America.

Following an introduction to Fossil-Lagerstätten, each chapter deals with a single fossil locality. Each chapter contains a brief introduction placing the Lagerstätte in an evolutionary context; there then follows a history of study of the locality; the background sedimentology, stratigraphy and palaeoenvironment; a description of the biota; discussion of the palaeoecology, and a comparison with other Lagerstätten of a similar age and/or environment. At the end of the book is an Appendix listing museums in which to see exhibitions of fossils from each locality and suggestions for visiting the sites.

Zielgruppe

undergraduate, graduate students and professionals in palaeontology/palaeobiology, evolution, sedimentology, stratigraphy, earth sciences, biological sciences and environmental sciences, amateur scientists/geologists.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Selden, Paul

Nudds, John

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Geologie Paläoökologie
• Geowissenschaften Geologie Paläontologie, Taphonomie
• Geowissenschaften Geologie Paläozoologie
• Geowissenschaften Geologie Paläobotanik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

The Gunflint Chert. Mistaken Point. Burgess Shale. Beecher’s Triolbite Bed. The Bertie Waterlime. Gilboa. Mazon Creek. The Chinle Group. The Morrison Formation. The Hell Creek Formation. The Green River Formation. Florissant. Dominican Amber. Rancho La Brea. Appendix: Museums and Site Visits.

Über Autor(innen)

John Nudds, Paul Selden