The trace-fossil record of major evolutionary events. Precambrian and Paleozoic / Volume 1, (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Other Titles: Precambrian and Paleozoic
• Further Information: Note: M. Gabriela Mángano, Luis A. Buatois, editors.
• Editors: Mángano, M. Gabriela; Buatois, Luis A
• Contents: Dedication; Foreword; Contents; Prologue; Chapter 1: The Conceptual and Methodological Tools of Ichnology; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Basic Concepts; 1.3 The Peculiarities of Trace Fossils; 1.4 A Plurality of Research Strategies: The Ichnofacies Model and the Ichnofabric Approach; 1.5 Assessing Changes in Types of Animal-Substrate Interactions Through Time; 1.5.1 Ichnodiversity and Ichnodisparity; 1.5.2 Analysis of Modes of Life and Characterization of Ecospace Occupation; 1.5.3 Analysis of Ecosystem Engineering; 1.6 Conclusions; References; Chapter 2: Ediacaran Ecosystems and the Dawn of Animals. 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 The Early Ichnologic Evidence of Animal Life: Hunting Ghostly Ancestors; 2.3 Shrinking the Number of Ediacaran Ichnotaxa; 2.4 Ediacaran Ichnodiversity and Ichnodisparity: A Case for Limited Morphologic Variability; 2.5 Ediacaran Ecosystems: The Role of Microbial Matgrounds; 2.6 Comparing Shallow- and Deep-Marine Ediacaran Communities; 2.7 Discussion; 2.8 Conclusions; References; Chapter 3: The Cambrian Explosion; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 The Cambrian Revolutions; 3.3 Assessment of Ichnodiversity and Ichnodisparity. 3.4 Sediment Mixing, Ecosystem Engineering, and the Timing of the Cambrian Revolutions; 3.5 Environmental Breadth of the Cambrian Explosion; 3.6 Cambrian Provincialism in Trace Fossils; 3.7 A Picture from Burgess Shale-Type Deposits; 3.8 The Fortunian as a Critical Time in Macroevolution; 3.9 Conclusions; References; Chapter 4: The Great Ordovician Biodiversification Event; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Patterns of Environmental Colonization; 4.2.1 Shallow-Marine Siliciclastic Environments; 4.2.1.1 Conservative Nature of Infaunal Communities in High-Energy Nearshore Settings. 4.2.1.2 Behavioral Innovations and Faunal Turnovers in High-Energy Nearshore Settings; 4.2.1.3 Faunal Turnovers in the Cruziana Ichnofacies; 4.2.2 Shallow-Marine Carbonate Environments; 4.2.2.1 Peculiarities of Carbonate Ichnology; 4.2.2.2 The Thalassinoides Conondrum; 4.2.2.3 The Ordovician Bioerosion Revolution; 4.2.3 Deep-Marine Environments; 4.3 Trends in Ichnodiversity and Ichnodisparity; 4.4 Trends in Tiering Structure and Diachronism in Infaunalization; 4.5 Conclusions; References; Chapter 5: The Prelude to Continental Invasion; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Environmental Framework. 5.3 Ediacaran; 5.3.1 Ediacaran Trace-Fossil Assemblages; 5.3.1.1 Coastal Settings; Coastal-Subaqueous; Coastal-Transitional; 5.3.2 Ediacaran Ecospace Occupation and Ecosystem Engineering; 5.4 Cambrian; 5.4.1 Early Cambrian Trace-Fossil Assemblages; 5.4.1.1 Coastal Settings; Coastal-Subaqueous; Coastal-Transitional; 5.4.2 Middle to Late Cambrian Trace-Fossil Assemblages; 5.4.2.1 Coastal Settings; Coastal-Subaqueous; Coastal-Transitional; Coastal-Subaerial; 5.4.3 Cambrian Ecospace Occupation and Ecosystem Engineering; 5.5 Ordovician; 5.5.1 Early Ordovician Trace-Fossil Assemblages.
• Publisher Details: Dordrecht : Springer
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 560/.43; 333.7; Trace fossils; Evolutionary paleobiology; NATURE -- Animals -- Dinosaurs & Prehistoric Creatures; NATURE -- Fossils; SCIENCE -- Paleontology; Evolutionary paleobiology; Trace fossils; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9789401796002; 9401796009
• Related ISBNs: 9401795991; 9789401795999
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed December 1, 2016).
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