Author:
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ISBN:
Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
Bioestratigrafía de los sistemas regionales del Jurásico y Cretácico de América del Sur
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Geology
Languages : es
Pages : 322
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Geology
Languages : es
Pages : 322
Book Description
The Jurassic of the Circum-Pacific
Author: Gerd Ernst Gerold Westermann
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521019927
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 696
Book Description
In this work, 60 specialists come together to discuss the regional occurrences of Jurassic rocks. Not only is this the first comprehensive synthesis of Jurassic geology and palaeontology, but it is in fact the only one of its kind for any geological system.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521019927
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 696
Book Description
In this work, 60 specialists come together to discuss the regional occurrences of Jurassic rocks. Not only is this the first comprehensive synthesis of Jurassic geology and palaeontology, but it is in fact the only one of its kind for any geological system.
Mesozoic Mammals from South America and Their Forerunners
Author: Guillermo W. Rougier
Publisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 3030638626
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
This book summarizes the most relevant published paleontological information, supplemented by our own original work, on the record of Mesozoic mammals’ evolution, their close ancestors and their immediate descendants. Mammals evolved in a systematically diverse world, amidst a dynamic geography that is at the root of the 6,500 species living today. Fossils of Mesozoic mammals, while rare and often incomplete, are key to understanding how mammals have evolved over more than 200 million years. Mesozoic mammals and their close relatives occur in a few dozen localities from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Bolivia, and Peru spanning from the Mid- Triassic to the Late Cretaceous, with some lineages surviving the cataclysmic end of the Cretaceous period, into the Cenozoic of Argentina. There are roughly 25 recognized mammalian species distributed in several distinctive lineages, including australosphenidans, multituberculates, gondwanatherians, eutriconodonts, amphilestids and dryolestoids, among others. With its focus on diversity, systematics, phylogeny, and their impact on the evolution of mammals, there is no similar book currently available.
Publisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 3030638626
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
This book summarizes the most relevant published paleontological information, supplemented by our own original work, on the record of Mesozoic mammals’ evolution, their close ancestors and their immediate descendants. Mammals evolved in a systematically diverse world, amidst a dynamic geography that is at the root of the 6,500 species living today. Fossils of Mesozoic mammals, while rare and often incomplete, are key to understanding how mammals have evolved over more than 200 million years. Mesozoic mammals and their close relatives occur in a few dozen localities from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Bolivia, and Peru spanning from the Mid- Triassic to the Late Cretaceous, with some lineages surviving the cataclysmic end of the Cretaceous period, into the Cenozoic of Argentina. There are roughly 25 recognized mammalian species distributed in several distinctive lineages, including australosphenidans, multituberculates, gondwanatherians, eutriconodonts, amphilestids and dryolestoids, among others. With its focus on diversity, systematics, phylogeny, and their impact on the evolution of mammals, there is no similar book currently available.
Southern Hemisphere Palaeobiogeography of Triassic-Jurassic Marine Bivalves
Author: Susana E. Damborenea
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9400750978
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 142
Book Description
Palaeobiogeography is a complex subject which processes information provided by both Biology and Earth Sciences. It is conceptually and philosophically equivalent to neobiogeography. Nevertheless, its methods are somewhat different, since it is limited by the incompleteness of the fossil record. On the other hand, it has direct access to the time dimension, a key ingredient of organic evolution. Mesozoic benthonic mollusks, and especially bivalves, have a great potential for palaeobiogeographical analysis due to their commonly good preservation, abundance, diversity and high dispersion potential at the larval stage. From a merely descriptive point of view, the analysis of their distribution shows latitudinal gradients and distributional patterns, both at regional and global scales, which are the basis for the recognition of biochoremas or palaeobiogeographical units of different ranks. Moving forward towards a causal palaeobiogeography, these organisms also provide interesting insight into particular biogeographical questions, such as bipolarity and its origin. The evolution in time of the recognized biochoremas can be discussed in relation to palaeoclimas and extinction events. Finally, some of the results obtained from the analysis of the distribution of past bivalve biotas were even used to propose and discuss the development of marine corridors and argue about the distribution of continents in the past.
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9400750978
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 142
Book Description
Palaeobiogeography is a complex subject which processes information provided by both Biology and Earth Sciences. It is conceptually and philosophically equivalent to neobiogeography. Nevertheless, its methods are somewhat different, since it is limited by the incompleteness of the fossil record. On the other hand, it has direct access to the time dimension, a key ingredient of organic evolution. Mesozoic benthonic mollusks, and especially bivalves, have a great potential for palaeobiogeographical analysis due to their commonly good preservation, abundance, diversity and high dispersion potential at the larval stage. From a merely descriptive point of view, the analysis of their distribution shows latitudinal gradients and distributional patterns, both at regional and global scales, which are the basis for the recognition of biochoremas or palaeobiogeographical units of different ranks. Moving forward towards a causal palaeobiogeography, these organisms also provide interesting insight into particular biogeographical questions, such as bipolarity and its origin. The evolution in time of the recognized biochoremas can be discussed in relation to palaeoclimas and extinction events. Finally, some of the results obtained from the analysis of the distribution of past bivalve biotas were even used to propose and discuss the development of marine corridors and argue about the distribution of continents in the past.
Upper Aptian-Albian Bivalves of Texas and Sonora: Biostratigraphic, Paleoecologic and Biogeographic Implications
Author: Robert W. Scott
Publisher: New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science
ISBN:
Category : Bivalves, Fossil
Languages : en
Pages : 46
Book Description
Publisher: New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science
ISBN:
Category : Bivalves, Fossil
Languages : en
Pages : 46
Book Description
Cuencas Sedimentarias Del Jurásico Y Cretácico de América Del Sur
Author: Eduardo A. Musacchio
Publisher:
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Category : Geology
Languages : es
Pages : 370
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Geology
Languages : es
Pages : 370
Book Description
Interrelationships of Fishes
Author: Melanie L.J. Stiassny
Publisher: Academic Press
ISBN: 0080534929
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 511
Book Description
Comprising by far the largest and most diverse group of vertebrates, fishes occupy a broad swathe of habitats ranging from the deepest ocean abyss to the highest mountain lakes. Such incredible ecological diversity and the resultant variety in lifestyle, anatomy, physiology and behavior, make unraveling the evolutionary history of fishes a daunting task. The successor of a classic volume by the same title, Interrelationships of Fishes, provides the latest in the "state of the art" of systematics and classification for many of the major groups of fishes. In providing a sound phylogenetic framework from leading authorities in the field, this book is an indispensable reference for a broad range of biologists, especially students of fish behavior, anatomy, physiology, molecular biology, genetics and ecology--in fact, anyone who wishes to interpret their work on fishes in an evolutionary context. - Provides thorough and comprehensive treatment of the Phylogency of fishes - Assembles an International team of expert contributors - Useful to a wide variety of fish biologists
Publisher: Academic Press
ISBN: 0080534929
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 511
Book Description
Comprising by far the largest and most diverse group of vertebrates, fishes occupy a broad swathe of habitats ranging from the deepest ocean abyss to the highest mountain lakes. Such incredible ecological diversity and the resultant variety in lifestyle, anatomy, physiology and behavior, make unraveling the evolutionary history of fishes a daunting task. The successor of a classic volume by the same title, Interrelationships of Fishes, provides the latest in the "state of the art" of systematics and classification for many of the major groups of fishes. In providing a sound phylogenetic framework from leading authorities in the field, this book is an indispensable reference for a broad range of biologists, especially students of fish behavior, anatomy, physiology, molecular biology, genetics and ecology--in fact, anyone who wishes to interpret their work on fishes in an evolutionary context. - Provides thorough and comprehensive treatment of the Phylogency of fishes - Assembles an International team of expert contributors - Useful to a wide variety of fish biologists
Tectonic Evolution of South America
Author: Umberto Giuseppe Cordani
Publisher:
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Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 870
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 870
Book Description
Fossil Record 5
Author: Robert M. Sullivan
Publisher: New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science
ISBN:
Category : Fossils
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
Publisher: New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science
ISBN:
Category : Fossils
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
History of the Coelacanth Fishes
Author: Peter Forey
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9780412784804
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 478
Book Description
This book evaluates the reputation of the coelacanth, presenting up-to-date accounts of the structure of fossil coelacanths, and suggests a family history to show that there have been subtle but significant changes in coelacanth history.
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9780412784804
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 478
Book Description
This book evaluates the reputation of the coelacanth, presenting up-to-date accounts of the structure of fossil coelacanths, and suggests a family history to show that there have been subtle but significant changes in coelacanth history.