The Trace-Fossil Record of Major Evolutionary Events Volume 1: Precambrian and Paleozoic /

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Mángano, M. Gabriela (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Buatois, Luis A. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Σειρά: Topics in Geobiology, 39
• Θέματα: Environment.; Paleontology.; Geobiology.; Evolutionary biology.; Geoecology.; Environmental geology.; Geoecology/Natural Processes.; Biogeosciences.; Evolutionary Biology.

This volume addresses major evolutionary changes that took place during the Ediacaran and the Paleozoic. These include discussions on the nature of Ediacaran ecosystems, as well as the ichnologic signature of evolutionary radiations, such as the Cambrian explosion and the Great Ordovician biodiversi...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• 1. The conceptual and methodological tools of ichnology
• 2. Ediacaran ecosystems and the dawn of animals
• 3. The Cambrian explosion
• 4. The Great Ordovician Biodiversification event
• 5. The prelude to terrestrial invasion
• 6. The establishment of continental ecosystems
• 7. The end-Permian mass extinction.