Mark A Purnell, Philip C J Donoghue

Special Papers in Palaeontology, Conodont Biology and Phylogeny

Interpreting the Fossil Record

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Produktbeschreibung

"Special Papers in Palaeontology," published by The Palaeontological Association, is a series of substantial separate works conforming to the style of the "Palaeontology" journal. Two issues are published each year and feature high standard illustrations.Discusses the nature and quality of the conodont fossil record.Brings together researchers, geologists and enthusiasts who continue to find material of significance.Contributors include Walter C. Sweet, Howard A. Armstrong, Oliver Lehnert, James F. Miller and Steven A. Leslie.Includes 3 plates, 9 tables and 79 text-figures.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley
• Number 73 edition
• Seitenzahl: 218
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Mai 2005
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 277mm x 210mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 753g
• ISBN-13: 9780901702975
• ISBN-10: 0901702978
• Artikelnr.: 22268372

Autorenporträt

Mark A. Purnell is Professor of Geology at the University of Leicester. Philip C.J. Donoghue is Professor of Earth Sciences at the University of Bristol. Both are members of The Palaeontological Association.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface (Mark A. Purnell and Philip C. J. Donoghue).

Between Death and Data: Biases in Interpretation of the FossilRecord of Conodonts (Mark A. Purnell and Philip C. J.Donoghue).

Modes of Growth in the Euconodont Oral Skeleton: Implicationsfor Bias and Completeness in the Fossil Record (Howard A.Armstrong).

An Experimental Investigation of Post-depositional TaphonomicBias in Conodonts (Peter H. Von Bitter and Mark A.Purnell).

Biases in the Recovery and Interpretation ofMicropalaeontological Data (Lennart Jeppsson).

Multielement Conodont Apparatuses of Triassic Gondolelloidea(Michael J. Orchard).

Silurian Conodont Biostratigraphy and Palaeobiology inStratigraphic Sequences (James E. Barrick and PeepMannik).

Cambro-Ordovician Sea-level Fluctuations and SequenceBoundaries: The Missing Record and the Evolution of New Taxa(Oliver Lehnert, James F. Miller, Steven A. Leslie, John E.Repetski and Raymond l. Ethington).

Graphical Refinement of the Conodont Database: Examples and aPlea (Walter C. Sweet).

The Likelihood of Stratophenetic-based Hypotheses ofGenealogical Succession (Peter D. Roopnarine).

The Chronophyletic Approach: Stratophenetics Facing anIncomplete Fossil Record (Jerzy Dzik).

Cladograms, Phylogenies and the Veracity of the Conodont FossilRecord (Linda M. Wickstrom and Philip C. J. Donoghue).