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Rereading the fossil record : the growth of paleobiology as an evolutionary discipline / David Sepkoski.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sepkoski, David, 1972-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Paleobiology--History.
- Paleobiology.
- Paleontology--History.
- Paleontology.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- 432 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2012.
- Contents:
- Introduction : rereading the fossil record
- Darwin's dilemma : paleontology, the fossil record, and evolutionary theory
- The growth of theoretical paleontology
- The rise of quantitative paleobiology
- From paleoecology to paleobiology
- Punctuated equilibria and the rise of the new paleobiology
- The founding of a research journal
- "Towards a nomothetic paleontology" : the MBL model and stochastic paleontology
- A "natural history of data" : the rise of taxic paleobiology
- The dynamics of mass extinctions
- Toward a new macroevolutionary synthesis
- Conclusion : paleontology at the high table?.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780226748559
- 0226748553
- OCLC:
- 755213156
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