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 : University of Chicago Press, 2012. |
| Description: | 432 p. : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8828285 |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction: Rereading the Fossil Record
- Chapter 1. Darwin's Dilemma: Paleontology, the Fossil Record, and Evolutionary Theory
- Chapter 2. The Growth of Theoretical Paleontology
- Chapter 3. The Rise of Quantitative Paleontology
- Chapter 4. From Paleoecology to Paleobiology
- Chapter 5. Punctuated Equilibria and the Rise of the New Paleobiology
- Chapter 6. The Founding of a Research Journal
- Chapter 7. "Towards a Nomothetic Paleontology": The MBL Model and Stochastic Paleontology
- Chapter 8. A "Natural History of Data": The Rise of Taxic Paleobiology
- Chapter 9. The Dynamics of Mass Extinctions
- Chapter 10. Toward a New Macroevolutionary Synthesis
- Conclusion: Paleontology at the High Table?
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Works Cited
- Index
