Species and speciation in the fossil record / edited by Warren D. Allmon and Margaret M. Yacobucci.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Allmon, Warren D., editor.

Yacobucci, Margaret M. (Margaret Mary), editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Evolutionary paleobiology.

Fossils.

Evolution (Biology).

Physical Description:

vi, 427 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2016.

Contents:

Introduction: taking fossil species seriously / W. D. Allmon and M. M. Yacobucci

The "species concept" and the beginnings of paleobiology / David Sepkoski

The species problem: concepts, conflicts, and patterns preserved in the fossil record / W. Miller III

Studying species in the fossil record: a review and recommendations for a more unified approach / W. D. Allmon

The stages of speciation: a stepwise framework for analysis of speciation in the fossil record / W. D. Allmon and S. D. Sampson

Morphology and molecules: an integrated comparison of phenotypic and genetic rates of evolution / S. J. Hageman

Fitting ancestral age-dependent speciation models to fossil data / H. Liow and T. Ergon

Contrasting patterns of speciation in reef corals and their relationship to population connectivity / A. F. Budd and J. M. Pandolfi

Towards a model for speciation in ammonoids / M. Yacobucci

Species of decapoda (crustacea) in the fossil record: patterns, problems, and progress / E. Schweitzer and R. M. Feldmann

Fossil species as data: a perspective from echinoderms / W. I. Ausich

Species and the fossil record of fishes / W. E. Bemis

Invasive species and speciation / A. L. Stigall

Fossil species lineages and their defining traits: taxonomic "usefulness" and evolutionary modes / J. Hopkins and S. Lidgard

Geographic clines, chronoclines, and the fossil record: implications for speciation theory / R. Prothero, V. J. Syverson, K. R. Raymond, M. Madan, S. Molina, A. Fragomeni, S. Desantis, A. Sutyagina, and G.L. Gage.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780226377445

022637744X

OCLC:

932463416