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

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Mángano, M. Gabriela (Editor), Buatois, Luis A. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Series: Topics in Geobiology, 39
• Subjects: 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...

Table of Contents:

• 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.