Rereading the fossil record : the growth of paleobiology as an evolutionary discipline /
Sepkoski, David,1972-
Chicago : University of Chicago Press,
2012.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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?
Paleobiology
Paleontology