Mazon Creek Fossils
Mazon Creek Fossils

Author: Matthew H. Nitecki

Publisher: Elsevier

Published: 2013-10-02

Total Pages: 606

ISBN-13: 1483257886

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Mazon Creek Fossils documents the proceedings of a Symposium on Mazon Creek Fossils held at the campus of the University of Michigan during the annual meeting of the North-Central section of the Geological Society of America, 1 May 1978. The present volume contains most of the papers presented at that meeting, and two contributions prepared for it but not delivered in Ann Arbor. The volume is divided into four parts. Part contains papers on sedimentation, fossil distribution, and the origin of the concretions. Part II on paleobotany includes studies on soft-sediment cementation enclosing Mazon plant fossils and diversity and stratigraphic Age of the Mazon Creek flora. The papers in Part III focus on invertebrate paleontology. It includes studies on soft-bodied coelenterates in the Pennsylvanian of Illinois and the centipedes (Chilopoda) of the Mazon Creek. Part IV on vertebrate paleontology includes papers on fishes of the Mazon Creek Fauna and Amphibamus grandiceps as a possible frog ancestor.

Evolution of Fossil Ecosystems
Evolution of Fossil Ecosystems

Author: Paul Selden

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 2012-03-15

Total Pages: 289

ISBN-13: 1840766239

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Evolution of Fossil Ecosystems describes all of the main Fossil Lagerstätten (sites of exceptional fossil preservation) from around the world in a chronological order. It covers the history of research, stratigraphy and taphonomy, main faunal and floral elements, and the palaeoecology of each site and gives a comparison with coeval sites around the w

Fossil Ecosystems of North America
Fossil Ecosystems of North America

Author: Paul Selden

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 2008-03-20

Total Pages: 283

ISBN-13: 1840765070

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Most major recent advances in understanding the history of life on Earth have been through the study of exceptionally well preserved biotas (Fossil-Lagerstätten). These are windows on the history of life on Earth and can provide a fairly complete picture of the evolution of ecosystems through time. This book follows the success of Evolution of Fossil Ecosystems by the same authors which covered Fossil-Lagerstätten around the world. The success of the first book prompted this new book which draws on four localities from the original book and adds another ten, all located in North America. Following an introduction to Fossil-Lagerstätten, each chapter deals with a single fossil locality. Each chapter contains a brief introduction placing the Lagerstätte in an evolutionary context; there then follows a history of study of the locality; the background sedimentology, stratigraphy and palaeoenvironment; a description of the biota; discussion of the palaeoecology, and a comparison with other Lagerstätten of a similar age and/or environment. At the end of the book is an Appendix listing museums in which to see exhibitions of fossils from each locality and suggestions for visiting the sites.

The Encyclopedia of Paleontology
The Encyclopedia of Paleontology

Author: Rhodes W. Fairbridge

Publisher: Springer

Published: 1979

Total Pages: 920

ISBN-13:

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Scholarly work with lengthy entries followed by references for further reading. Many illustrations. Indexed.

Cephalopods Present and Past: New Insights and Fresh Perspectives
Cephalopods Present and Past: New Insights and Fresh Perspectives

Author: Neil H. Landman

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2007-09-09

Total Pages: 493

ISBN-13: 1402068069

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This book brings together international scientists who focus on present-day and fossil cephalopods, ranging broadly from Paleozoic ammonoids to today's octopods. It covers systematics and evolution; hard- and soft part morphology; and ecology, biogeography, and taphonomy. The book also includes new evidence for the existence of an ink sac in fossil ammonoids and features the first record of an in-depth study of octopus ecology in Alaska.