Phanerozoic Diversity Patterns :Profiles in Macroevolution ( Princeton Legacy Library )

Publication subTitle :Profiles in Macroevolution

Publication series :Princeton Legacy Library

Author: Valentine J.;;;  

Publisher: Princeton University Press‎

Publication year: 2014

E-ISBN: 9781400855056

P-ISBN(Paperback): 9780691083742

Subject: Q91 Paleontology

Keyword: 古生物学

Language: ENG

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Description

Here twenty-one leading paleontologists use important refinements in fossil diversity data to provide critical evaluations of older hypotheses of diversification and extinction processes and to propose fresh interpretations.

Originally published in 1986.

The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Chapter

Preface

Introduction by James W. Valentine

Part I Phanerozoic Diversity Trends

Part II Patterns of Faunal Expansion, Partitioning and Replacement

Part III Analytic Studies of Major Faunal Patterns and Events

Part IV Diversity Profiles of Individual Clades

Concluding Remark

Author Index

Subject Index

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