Rereading the fossil record : the growth of paleobiology as an evolutionary discipline /
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Author / Creator: | Sepkoski, David, 1972- |
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Imprint: | Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, ©2012. |
Description: | 1 online resource (432 pages) : illustrations, digital |
Language: | English |
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Format: | E-Resource Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11146450 |
Table of 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?