Annotation
Whether the fossil record should be read at face value or whether it presents a distorted view of the history of life is an argument seemingly as old as many fossils themselves. In the late 1700s, Georges Cuvier argued for a literal interpretation, but in the early 1800s, Charle…
The nature of a sample -- The stratigraphic framework -- Environmental controls on the distribution of species -- Stratigraphic controls on fossil occurrences -- The ecology of fossil taxa through time -- Morphological change through time -- From individual collections to global…
Whether the fossil record should be read at face value or whether it presents a distorted view of the history of life is an argument seemingly as old as many fossils themselves. In the late 1700s, Georges Cuvier argued for a literal interpretation, but in the early 1800s, Charle…
The first part of this book summarizes the information in the dating and correlation of the strata of late middle Eocene through early Oligocene age in North America, including insights from argon/argon dating and magnetic stratigraphy. The second part reviews almost all the imp…