Extinction and survival in the fossil record / edited by G.P. Larwood.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Larwood, Gilbert P. (Gilbert Powell)

Systematics Association.

Series:

Systematics Association special volume ; no. 34.

Systematics Association special volume ; no. 34

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Extinction (Biology)--Congresses.

Extinction (Biology).

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

x, 365 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Oxford [Oxfordshire] : Published for the Systematics Association by Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1988.

Summary:

Mass extinctions of animals and plants in the geological past are a topic of continuing interest and debate. This volume reviews some of the major changes that are seen in important groups of organisms in the fossil record. Our present understanding of the nature and causes of these changes is examined, together with the problems of defining such changes. The available data on a variety of fossil plants and animals are considered in relation to major extinction events that have been recognized in the geological record for Phanerozoic time (i.e. approximately the past 600 million years). The question of whether there is a regular periodicity in extinction events is considered, as are the problems posed by the incompleteness of the paleontological and stratigraphical evidence.

Notes:

"Proceedings of a symposium held in Durham, UK, September 1986"--P. v.

Includes bibliographies and indexes.

ISBN:

0198577087 :

OCLC:

15790038