Stratigraphic paleobiology
Subtitle: understanding the distribution of fossil taxa in time and space
By: Mark E. Patzkowsky & Steven M. Holland
Contributors: Holland, Steven M. (Steven Matthew), 1957-, author
Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Chicago; London
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780226649375; 9780226649382
Copyright date: 2012
Subjects: Paleobiology; Geochronometry; Fossils; Paleoecology; Stratigraphic Paleontology
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The nature of a sample; title: The stratigraphic framework; title: Environmental controls on the distribution of species; title: Stratigraphic controls on fossil occurrences; title: The ecology of fossil taxa through time; title: Morphological change through time; title: From individual collections to global diversity; title: Ecosystem change through time; title: From beginnings to prospects; title: Common sequence stratigraphic terms.