The Great Ordovician Biodiversification Event (The Critical Moments and Perspectives in Earth History and Paleobiology)
Contributors: Barry D. Webby (Editor); Florentin Paris (Editor); Mary L. Droser (Editor); Ian G. Percival (Editor)
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: April 2004
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 496
ISBN-13: 9780231126786
Subjects: Palaeontology; Science; Science/Mathematics; Science / Paleontology; History; Biodiversity; Biological diversity; Ordovician; Paleontology
First sentence: This introductory chapter presents the scope, aims, and organization of the volume; outlines previous work on Ordovician biodiversity topics; and gives an overview of the chapters in the volume, from those briefly appraising the Ordovician World to those more comprehensively surveying the diversification patterns of the main Ordovician taxonomic groups.