Vertebrate microfossil assemblages : their role in paleoecology and paleobiogeography / edited by Julia T. Sankey and Sven Baszio.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Sankey, Julia T.

Baszio, Sven.

Series:

Life of the past

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Paleontological excavations.

Paleoecology.

Paleobiogeography.

Biology--Classification.

Biology.

Vertebrates, Fossil.

Physical Description:

x, 278 pages : illustrations, maps ; 27 cm.

Place of Publication:

Bloomington : Indiana University Press, [2008]

Contents:

Information from microvertebrate localities : potentials and limits / Sven Baszio

How much is enough? a repeatable, efficient, and controlled sampling protocol for assessing taxonomic diversity and abundance in vertebrate microfossil assemblages / Heather A. Jamniczky, Donald B. Brinkman, and Anthony P. Russell

Taphonomic issues relating to concentrations of pedogenic nodules and vertebrates in the Paleocene and Miocene gulf coastal plain : examples from Texas and Louisiana, USA / Judith A. Schiebout, Paul D. White, and Grant S. Boardman

The structure of Late Cretaceous (Late Campanian) nonmarine aquatic communities: a guild analysis of two vertebrate microfossil localities in Dinosaur Provincial Park, Alberta, Canada / Donald B. Brinkman

Vertebrate paleoecology from microsites, Talley Mountain, Upper Aguja Formation (Late Cretaceous), Big Bend National Park, Texas, USA / Julia T. Sankey

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

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 features / Anthony R. Fiorillo

Diversity of Latest Cretaceous (Late Maastrichtian) small theropods and birds : teeth from the Lance and Hell Creek Formations, USA / Julia T. Sankey

Small theropod teeth from the Lance Formation of Wyoming, USA / Nick Longrich

The first serrated bird tooth / Philip J. Currie and Clive Coy

First dinosaur eggshells from Texas, USA : Aguja Formation (Late Campanian), Big Bend National Park / Ed Welsh and Julia T. Sankey

Review of the Albanerpetontidae (Lissamphibia), with comments on the paleoecological preferences of European Tertiary albanerpetontids / James D. Gardner and Madelaine Böhme

New information on frogs (Lissamphibia, Anura) from the Lance Formation (Late Maastrichtian) and Bug Creek anthills (Late Maastrichtian and Early Paleocene), Hell Creek Formation, USA / James D. Gardner.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780253349279

0253349273

OCLC:

138341593