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Rereading the fossil record the growth of paleobiology as an evolutionary discipline

Title: Rereading the fossil record [electronic resource] : the growth of paleobiology as an evolutionary discipline / David Sepkoski.
Author: Sepkoski, David, 1972-
Publication: Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2012.

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1 online resource (432 pages)

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Rereading the fossil record (Online)

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Rereading the fossil record (Online)

Subject

Paleobiology > History
Paleontology > History

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (pages 401-418) and index.

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Contents

Introduction: rereading the fossil record -- Darwin's dilemma: paleontology, the fossil record, and evolutionary theory -- The growth of theoretical paleontology -- The rise of quantitative paleobiology -- From paleoecology to paleobiology -- Punctuated equilibria and the rise of the new paleobiology -- The founding of a research journal -- "Towards a nomothetic paleontology": the MBL model and stochastic paleontology -- A "natural history of data": the rise of taxic paleobiology -- The dynamics of mass extinctions -- Toward a new macroevolutionary synthesis -- Conclusion: paleontology at the high table?

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