Research Catalog

Title

Evolution of fossil ecosystems / Paul A. Selden, John R. Nudds.

Author

Selden, Paul.

Publication

London : Manson, c2004.

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Nudds, John R.

Description

160 p. : ill., maps; 27 cm.

Summary

"Major advances in our understanding of the history of life on Earth have resulted from the study of exceptionally well-preserved fossil sites (Lagerstätten). Study of such sites from around the world and from different periods in geological time can provide a fairly complete picture of the evolution of ecosystems down the ages ... The authors have brought together succinct summaries of 14 of the better-known fossil Lagerstätten ... Following a general introduction to fossil Lagerstätten, each chapter deals with a single fossil site and follows the same format: its evolutionary position and significance; its background sedimentology, stratigraphy and palaeoenvironment; a description of the biota and palaeoecology, and a comparison with other similar Lagerstätten. There is an appendix of relevant museums and suggestions for visiting the sites"--Page 4 of cover.

Subject

• Paleontology
• Evolutionary paleoecology
• Paleontological excavations

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Ediacara -- The Burgess Shale -- The Soom Shale -- The Hunsrück Slate -- The Rhynie Chert -- Mazon Creek -- Grès à Voltzia -- The Holzmaden Shale -- The Morrison Formation -- The Solnhofen Limestone -- The Santana and Crato Formations -- Grube Messel -- Baltic amber -- Rancho La Brea.

ISBN

• 1840760400
• 1840760419 (pbk.) :

OCLC

53823238

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library