The ecology of the Cambrian radiation / edited by Andrey Yu. Zhuravlev and Robert Riding.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Zhuravlev, A. I︠U︡. (Andreĭ I︠U︡rʹevich)

Riding, Robert.

Series:

Critical moments in paleobiology and earth history series

Critical moments in paleobiology and earth history

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Paleoecology--Cambrian.

Paleoecology.

Paleontology--Cambrian.

Paleontology.

Geology, Stratigraphic--Cambrian.

Geology, Stratigraphic.

Physical Description:

vi, 525 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Columbia University Press, [2001]

Summary:

"The Ecology of the Cambrian Radiation" offers a comprehensive and surprising picture of the Earth at that ancient time. The book contains contributions from thirty-three authors hailing from ten countries and will be of interest to paleontologists, geologists, biologists, and other researchers interested in the global Earth-life system.

Contents:

Part I. The Environment 9

2. Paleomagnetically and Tectonically Based Global Maps for Vendian to Mid-Ordovician Time / Alan G. Smith 11

3. Global Facies Distributions from Late Vendian to Mid-Ordovician / Kirill B. Seslavinsky, Irina D. Maidanskaya 47

4. Did Supercontinental Amalgamation Trigger the "Cambrian Explosion"? / Martin D. Brasier, John F. Lindsay 69

5. Climate Change at the Neoproterozoic-Cambrian Transition / Toni T. Eerola 90

6. Australian Early and Middle Cambrian Sequence Biostratigraphy with Implications for Species Diversity and Correlation / David I. Gravestock, John H. Shergold 107

7. The Cambrian Radiation and the Diversification of Sedimentary Fabrics / Mary L. Droser, Xing Li 137

Part II. Community Patterns and Dynamics 171

8. Biotic Diversity and Structure During the Neoproterozoic-Ordovician Transition / Andrey Yu. Zhuravlev 173

9. Ecology and Evolution of Cambrian Plankton / Nicholas J. Butterfield 200

10. Evolution of Shallow-Water Level-Bottom Communities / Mikhail B. Burzin, Francoise Debrenne, Andrey Yu. Zhuravlev 217

11. Evolution of the Hardground Community / Sergei V. Rozhnov 238

12. Ecology and Evolution of Cambrian Reefs / Brian R. Pratt, Ben R. Spincer, Rachel A. Wood, Andrey Yu. Zhuravlev 254

13. Evolution of the Deep-Water Benthic Community / T. Peter Crimes 275

Part III. Ecologic Radiation of Major Groups of Organisms 299

14. Sponges, Cnidarians, and Ctenophores / Francoise Debrenne, Joachim Reitner 301

15. Mollusks, Hyoliths, Stenothecoids, and Coeloscleritophorans / Artem V. Kouchinsky 326

16. Brachiopods / Galina T. Ushatinskaya 350

17. Ecologic Evolution of Cambrian Trilobites / Nigel C. Hughes 370

18. Ecology of Nontrilobite Arthropods and Lobopods in the Cambrian / Graham E. Budd 404

19. Ecologic Radiation of Cambro-Ordovician Echinoderms / Thomas E. Guensburg, James Sprinkle 428

20. Calcified Algae and Bacteria / Robert Riding 445

21. Molecular Fossils Demonstrate Precambrian Origin of Dinoflagellates / J. Michael Moldowan, Stephen R. Jacobson, Jeremy Dahl, Adnan Al-Hajji, Bradley J. Huizinga, Frederick J. Fago 474.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0231106122

0231106130

OCLC:

44869047