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Terrestrial Conservation Lagerstatten: Windows into the Evolution of Life on Land
Nicholas Fraser (Ed.)
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Description for Terrestrial Conservation Lagerstatten: Windows into the Evolution of Life on Land
Hardback. A collection of papers reviewing selected conservation Lagerstatten for terrestrial animals and plants throughout the Phanerozoic worldwide. The synthesis details recent progress in documenting the biodiversity of such extraordinary fossil deposits and elucidating the geological conditions for and biogeochemical processes behind their formation. Editor(s): Fraser, Nick; Sues, Hans-Dieter. Num Pages: 450 pages. BIC Classification: RBX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 260 x 200. Weight in Grams: 368.
Evolutionary biologists have long been concerned by the incompleteness of the fossil record. Although our knowledge of the diversity of life in `deep time' has improved, many lineages of extant animals and plants still have only sparse fossil documentation. Even groups with `hard parts' that render them suitable for fossilization often only have a limited record. Thus, although the fossil record is viewed as critical to the reconstruction of the evolutionary history of life, many biologists question its utility. Fortunately discoveries of occurrences of exceptionally preserved fossils, known as conservation Lagerstatten (Konservat-Lagerstatten), shed much light on the past diversity of ... Read more
Evolutionary biologists have long been concerned by the incompleteness of the fossil record. Although our knowledge of the diversity of life in `deep time' has improved, many lineages of extant animals and plants still have only sparse fossil documentation. Even groups with `hard parts' that render them suitable for fossilization often only have a limited record. Thus, although the fossil record is viewed as critical to the reconstruction of the evolutionary history of life, many biologists question its utility. Fortunately discoveries of occurrences of exceptionally preserved fossils, known as conservation Lagerstatten (Konservat-Lagerstatten), shed much light on the past diversity of ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Dunedin Academic Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Weight
367g
Number of Pages
450
Place of Publication
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781780460147
SKU
V9781780460147
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About Nicholas Fraser (Ed.)
Edited by Nicholas C. Fraser of the National Museum of Scotland and Hans-Dieter Sues of the National Museum of Natural History of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC.
Reviews for Terrestrial Conservation Lagerstatten: Windows into the Evolution of Life on Land
'Terrestrial Conservation Lagerstatten (TCL) is a fantastic volume-it treats nine terrestrial Lagerstatten in scholarly detail, each written by experts on the particular Lagerstatte. The articles are complete and full of full-color graphics- including spectacular fossil images. Each chapter is fully referenced. The sites treated are (in geological order): 1) the Rhynie and Windyfield Cherts, 2) the East Kirkton Lagerstatte, 3) ... Read more