Julia T. Sankey is Associate Professor of Geology in the Department of Physics and Geology at California State University in Stanislaus. Sven Baszio is a paleontologist at the University of Bonn, Germany.
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Contents Preface. Sven Baszio Part 1. Importance of Microvertebrate Sites, Sampling, Statistical Methods, and Taphonomy 1. Information from Microvertebrate Localities: Potentials and LimitsSven Baszio 2. How Much Is Enough? A Repeatable, Efficient, and Controlled Sampling Protocol for Assessing Taxonomic Diversity and Abundance in Vertebrate Microfossil AssemblagesHeather A. Jamniczky, Donald B. Brinkman, and Anthony P. Russell 3. Taphonomic Issues Relating to Concentrations of Pedogenic Nodules and Vertebrates in the Paleocene and Miocene Gulf Coastal Plain: Examples from Texas and Louisiana, USAJudith A. Schiebout, Paul D. White, and Grant S. Boardman Part 2. Guild Analysis, Ecological and Faunal Analyses, Biodiversity, and Paleobiogeography 4. The Structure of Late Cretaceous (Late Campanian) Nonmarine Aquatic Communities: A Guild Analysis of Two Vertebrate Microfossil Localities in Dinosaur Provincial Park, Alberta, CanadaDonald Brinkman 5. Vertebrate Paleoecology from Microsites, Talley Mountain, Upper Aguja Formation (Late Cretaceous), Big Bend National Park, Texas, USAJulia T. Sankey 6. Terrestrial and Aquatic Vertebrate Paleocommunities of the Mesaverde Formation (Upper Cretaceous, Campanian) of the Wind River and Bighorn Basins, Wyoming, USA David G. DeMar Jr. and Brent H. Breithaupt 7. Lack of Variability in Feeding Patterns of the Sauropod Dinosaurs Diplodocus and Camarasaurus (Late Jurassic, Western USA) with Respect to Climate as Indicated by Tooth Wear FeaturesAnthony R. Fiorillo 8. Diversity of Latest Cretaceous (Late Maastrichtian) Small Theropods and Birds: Teeth from the Lance and Hell Creek Formations, USAJulia T. Sankey 9. Small Theropod Teeth from the Lance Formation of Wyoming, USANick Longrich 10. The First Serrated Bird ToothPhilip J. Currie and Clive Coy 11. First Dinosaur Eggshells from Texas, USA: Aguja Formation (Late Campanian), Big Bend National Park Ed Welsh and Julia T. Sankey 12. Review of the Albanerpetontidae (Lissamphibia), with Comments on the Paleoecological Preferences of European Tertiary AlbanerpetontidsJames D. Gardner and Madelaine Böhme 13. New Information on Frogs (Lissamphibia: Anura) from the Lance Formation (Late Maastrichtian) and Bug Creek Anthills (Late Maastrichtian and Early Paleocene), Hell Creek Formation, USAJames D. Gardner List of Contributors Index
Contents Preface. Sven Baszio Part 1. Importance of Microvertebrate Sites, Sampling, Statistical Methods, and Taphonomy 1. Information from Microvertebrate Localities: Potentials and LimitsSven Baszio 2. How Much Is Enough? A Repeatable, Efficient, and Controlled Sampling Protocol for Assessing Taxonomic Diversity and Abundance in Vertebrate Microfossil AssemblagesHeather A. Jamniczky, Donald B. Brinkman, and Anthony P. Russell 3. Taphonomic Issues Relating to Concentrations of Pedogenic Nodules and Vertebrates in the Paleocene and Miocene Gulf Coastal Plain: Examples from Texas and Louisiana, USAJudith A. Schiebout, Paul D. White, and Grant S. Boardman Part 2. Guild Analysis, Ecological and Faunal Analyses, Biodiversity, and Paleobiogeography 4. The Structure of Late Cretaceous (Late Campanian) Nonmarine Aquatic Communities: A Guild Analysis of Two Vertebrate Microfossil Localities in Dinosaur Provincial Park, Alberta, CanadaDonald Brinkman 5. Vertebrate Paleoecology from Microsites, Talley Mountain, Upper Aguja Formation (Late Cretaceous), Big Bend National Park, Texas, USAJulia T. Sankey 6. Terrestrial and Aquatic Vertebrate Paleocommunities of the Mesaverde Formation (Upper Cretaceous, Campanian) of the Wind River and Bighorn Basins, Wyoming, USA David G. DeMar Jr. and Brent H. Breithaupt 7. Lack of Variability in Feeding Patterns of the Sauropod Dinosaurs Diplodocus and Camarasaurus (Late Jurassic, Western USA) with Respect to Climate as Indicated by Tooth Wear FeaturesAnthony R. Fiorillo 8. Diversity of Latest Cretaceous (Late Maastrichtian) Small Theropods and Birds: Teeth from the Lance and Hell Creek Formations, USAJulia T. Sankey 9. Small Theropod Teeth from the Lance Formation of Wyoming, USANick Longrich 10. The First Serrated Bird ToothPhilip J. Currie and Clive Coy 11. First Dinosaur Eggshells from Texas, USA: Aguja Formation (Late Campanian), Big Bend National Park Ed Welsh and Julia T. Sankey 12. Review of the Albanerpetontidae (Lissamphibia), with Comments on the Paleoecological Preferences of European Tertiary AlbanerpetontidsJames D. Gardner and Madelaine Böhme 13. New Information on Frogs (Lissamphibia: Anura) from the Lance Formation (Late Maastrichtian) and Bug Creek Anthills (Late Maastrichtian and Early Paleocene), Hell Creek Formation, USAJames D. Gardner List of Contributors Index
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