Eocene biodiversity : unusual occurrences and rarely sampled habitats /

Eocene biodiversity : unusual occurrences and rarely sampled habitats /

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Imprint:New York : Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, 2001.
Description:xxi, 442 p. : ill., maps ; 26 cm.
Language:English
Series:Topics in geobiology ; v. 18
Subject:
Vertebrates, Fossil.
Paleontology -- Eocene.
Eocene Geologic Epoch.
Paleontology.
Vertebrates, Fossil.
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4549730
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Other authors / contributors:Gunnell, Gregg F.
ISBN:0306465280
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Chapter 1. An Updated Review of the Fish Faunas From the Green River Formation, the World's Most Productive Freshwater Lagerstatten
  • 1.. Introduction
  • 2.. The Green River System as a Paleogene Great Lakes Complex
  • 3.. An Updated Look at the Taxonomic Diversity of the Green River Fish Faunas
  • 4.. Summary of Inter-Lake Faunal Comparisons
  • 5.. Comment on the Biodiversity of the Green River Fish Fauna
  • 6.. Future Studies
  • References
  • Chapter 2. Paleontological Investigations at the Eocene Locality of Mahenge in North-Central Tanzania, East Africa
  • 1.. Introduction
  • 2.. History of Paleontological Research
  • 3.. Research Area and Geological Context
  • 4.. Stratigraphy
  • 5.. Lake Paleoecology
  • 6.. Age of the Fossil Beds
  • 7.. Renewed Fieldwork at Mahenge
  • 8.. Other Localities in the Singida Area
  • 9.. The Mahenge Fauna and Flora
  • 10.. Discussion and Conclusions
  • References
  • Chapter 3. Early Wasatchian Mammals From the Gulf Coastal Plain of Mississippi: Biostratigraphic and Paleobiogeographic Implications
  • 1.. Introduction
  • 2.. The Mammalian Component of the Red Hot Local Fauna
  • 3.. Discussion
  • 4.. Summary
  • References
  • Chapter 4. Paleocene-Eocene Microvertebrates in Freshwater Limestones of the Willwood Formation, Clarks Fork Basin, Wyoming
  • 1.. Introduction
  • 2.. Geology
  • 3.. Fauna
  • 4.. Depositional Environment
  • 5.. Contribution of Limestone Fauna
  • 6.. Summary
  • References
  • Chapter 5. Unusual Vertebrate Microfaunas From the Willwood Formation, Early Eocene of the Bighorn Basin, Wyoming
  • 1.. Introduction
  • 2.. Materials and Methods
  • 3.. Synopsis of Quarry Sites
  • 4.. Taphonomy
  • 5.. Compositional Comparisons
  • 6.. Future Work
  • 7.. Conclusions
  • References
  • Chapter 6. Stratigraphy and Taphonomy of Grizzly Buttes, Bridger Formation, and the Middle Eocene of Wyoming
  • 1.. Introduction
  • 2.. Geology
  • 3.. Taphonomy
  • 4.. Notharctid Primates
  • References
  • Chapter 7. Taphonomic Analysis of the Messel Formation (Germany)
  • 1.. Introduction
  • 2.. Messel Vertebrates
  • 3.. Geology and Paleoclimate
  • 4.. Taphonomy
  • References
  • Chapter 8. Paleobiological Implications of the Messel Mammalian Assemblage
  • 1.. Introduction
  • 2.. Small Omnivorous-Insectivorous Forest Floor Dwellers
  • 3.. Aerial Insectivory
  • 4.. Arboreal Life
  • 5.. Reproduction and Ontogeny
  • References
  • Chapter 9. The Eocene Mammalian Fauna of Chambi (Tunisia) in Its Geological Context
  • 1.. Introduction
  • 2.. Paleogeography and Biostratigraphy
  • 3.. Continental Paleogene Series
  • 4.. Summary of Chambi Vertebrates
  • References
  • Chapter 10. Gandhera Quarry, A Unique Mammalian Faunal Assemblage From the Early Eocene of Baluchistan (Pakistan)
  • 1.. Introduction
  • 2.. Geologic Setting
  • 3.. Collecting Techniques
  • 4.. Taxonomic Composition
  • 5.. Bones at Gandhera Quarry
  • 6.. Summary
  • References
  • Chapter 11. Paleoecology and Biostratigraphy of Marginal Marine Gulf Coast Eocene Vertebrate Localities
  • 1.. Introduction
  • 2.. Wilcox Group
  • 3.. Claiborne Group
  • 4.. Barnwell Group
  • 5.. Jackson Group
  • 6.. Discussion
  • References
  • Chapter 12. Taphonomic Interpretation of Gnat-Out-of-Hell, an Early Uintan Small Mammal Locality in the Uinta Formation, Utah
  • 1.. Introduction
  • 2.. Taphonomy of Predator Assemblages
  • 3.. Methods
  • 4.. Results
  • 5.. Discussion
  • References
  • Chapter 13. A Mass Death Accumulation of Coryphodon anthracoideus (Mammalia: Pantodonta) at Roehler's Coryphodon Catastrophe Quarry (Lower Eocene, Wasatch Formation), Washakie Basin, Wyoming
  • 1.. Introduction
  • 2.. Regional Geology and Paleontology
  • 3.. Taphonomy
  • 4.. Conclusion
  • References
  • Chapter 14. Meniscotherium Mass-Death Assemblages
  • 1.. Introduction
  • 2.. Ucmp Locality V71237
  • 3.. Nmmnh Locality L-201
  • 4.. Nmmnh Locality L-203
  • 5.. Discussion
  • 6.. Associated Faunas
  • 7.. Population Samples of Meniscotherium
  • 8.. Summary
  • References
  • Appendix 1
  • Appendix 2
  • Appendix 3
  • Chapter 15. Taphonomy, Fauna, and Depositional Environment of the Omomys Quarry, an Unusual Accumulation From the Bridger Formation (Middle Eocene) of Southwestern Wyoming (USA)
  • Abstract
  • 1.. Introduction
  • 2.. Materials and Methods
  • 3.. Geology
  • 4.. The Omomys Quarry Fossil Assemblage
  • 5.. Taphonomy of the Omomys Quarry
  • 6.. Conclusions
  • References
  • Chapter 16. Basin Margins, Biodiversity, Evolutionary Innovation, and the Origin of New Taxa
  • 1.. Introduction
  • 2.. Geology of South Pass, Wyoming
  • 3.. The Bridgerian Land Mammal Age
  • 4.. Basin Margins
  • 5.. Recognition of Ancient Basin Margin Environments
  • 6.. Basin Margin Faunas
  • 7.. Anachronism and Cladogensis
  • 8.. Speciation
  • 9.. Conclusions
  • References
  • Index
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