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• 1. The Precambrian Evolution
• 2. The Ediacaran fauna - the prelude to the Cambrian explosion
• 3. The Evolution of Epigenetic Mechanisms of the Cambrian Explosion
• 4. Evolution of Body Plans and the Cambrian explosion.
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Epigenetic Mechanisms of the Cambrian Explosion provides readers with a basic biological knowledge and epigenetic explanation of the biological puzzle of the Cambrian explosion, the unprecedented rapid diversification of animals that began 542 million years ago. During an evolutionarily instant of ~10 million years, which represents only 0.3% of the time of existence of life on Earth, or less than 2% of the time of existence of metazoans, all of the 30 extant body plans, major animal groups (phyla) and several extinct groups appeared. The work helps address this phenomena and tries to answer remaining questions for evolutionary biology, epigenetics, and scientific researchers. The book recognizes and presents objective representations of alternative theories for epigenetic evolution in this period, with the author drawing on his epigenetic theory of evolution to explain the causal basis of the Cambrian explosion. Both empirical evidence and theoretical arguments are presented in support of this thought-provoking epigenetic theory.
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• Foreword Preface Part One Geological and Evolutionary Setting of the Biota
• 1 Geological time and the evolution of early life on Earth
• 2 The evolutionary significance of the Chengjiang biota
• 3 The discovery and study of the Chengjiang Lagerstatte
• 4 The distribution and geological setting of the Chengjiang Lagerstatte
• 5 The taphonomy and preservation of the Chengjiang fossils
• 6 The paleoecology of the Chengjiang biota
• 7 Cambrian Lagerstatten Part Two Chengjiang Fossils
• 8 Algae Fuxianospira gyrata Chen & Zhou, 1997 Megaspirellus houi Chen & Erdtmann, 1991 Sinocylindra yunnanensis Chen & Erdtmann, 1991 Yuknessia sp. of Chen & Erdtmann, 1991
• 9 Ctenophora Galeactena hemispherica Ou et al., 2015 Maotianoascus octonarius Chen & Zhou, 1997 Batofasciculus ramificans Hou et al., 1999 Yunnanoascus haikouensis Hu et al., 2007
• 10 Porifera Paradiagoniella xiaolantianensis Chen et al., 2014 Triticispongia diagonata Mehl & Reitner, 1993 Saetaspongia densa Mehl & Reitner, 1993 Leptomitus teretiusculus Chen et al., 1989 Choiaella radiata Rigby & Hou, 1995 Choia xiaolantianensis Hou et al., 1999 Allantospongia mica Rigby & Hou, 1995 Leptomitella conica Chen et al., 1989 Paraleptomitella dictyodroma Chen et al., 1989 Paraleptomitella globula Chen et al., 1989 Quadrolaminiella diagonalis Chen et al., 1990
• 11 Cnidaria Archisaccophyllia kunmingensis Hou et al., 2005 Xianguangia sinica Chen & Erdtmann, 1991
• 12 Entoprocta Cotyledion tylodes Luo & Hu, 1999
• 13 Phoronida Iotuba chengjiangensis Chen & Zhou, 1997
• 14 Brachiopoda Yuganotheca elegans Zhang et al., 2014 Heliomedusa orienta Sun & Hou, 1987 Longtancunella chengjiangensis Hou et al., 1999 Diandongia pista Rong, 1974 Lingulellotreta malongensis (Rong, 1974) Lingulella chengjiangensis Jin et al., 1993
• 15 Annelida Cambrosipunculus tentaculatus Huang et al., 2004 Maotianchaeta fuxianella Chen, 2004
• 16 Trochozoa of uncertain affinity Ambrolinevitus maximus Jiang, 1982 Ambrolinevitus ventricosus Qian, 1978 Burithes yunnanensis Hou et al., 1999 Linevitus opimus Yu, 1974 Nectocaris pteryx Conway Morris, 1976 Wiwaxia papilio Zhang et al., 2015
• 17 Priapulida and relatives Mafangscolex sinensis (Hou & Sun, 1988) Maotianshania cylindrica Sun & Hou, 1987 Cricocosmia jinningensis Hou & Sun, 1988 Paraselkirkia sinica (Luo & Hou, 1999) Corynetis brevis Luo & Hu in Luo et al., 1999 Sicyophorus rarus Luo & Hu, 1999 Palaeopriapulites parvus Hou et al., 1999 Eximipriapulus globocaudatus Ma et al., 2014 Xiaoheiqingella peculiaris Hu, 2002 Omnidens amplus Hou et al., 2006 Acosmia maotiania Chen & Zhou, 1997 Archotuba elongata (Luo & Hou, 1999)
• 18 Lobopodians Paucipodia inermis Chen et al., 1995 Diania cactiformis Liu et al., 2011 Microdictyon sinicum Chen et al., 1989 Onychodictyon ferox Hou et al., 1991 Cardiodictyon catenulum Hou et al., 1991 Hallucigenia fortis Hou & Bergstrom, 1995 Luolishania longicruris Hou & Chen, 1989 Antennacanthopodia gracilis Ou & Shu, 2011
• 19 Anomalocaridids Anomalocaris saron Hou et al., 1995 Amplectobelua symbrachiata Hou et al., 1995 Lyrarapax unguispinus Cong et al., 2014 Cucumericrus decoratus Hou et al., 1995
• 20 Euarthropoda Isoxys auritus (Jiang, 1982) Isoxys paradoxus Hou, 1987 Pectocaris spatiosa Hou, 1999 Shankouia zhenghei Chen et al., 2004 Chengjiangocaris longiformis Hou & Bergstrom, 1991 Fuxianhuia protensa Hou, 1987 Pseudoiulia cambriensis Hou & Bergstrom, 1998 Fortiforceps foliosa Hou & Bergstrom, 1997 Occacaris oviformis Hou, 1999 Forfexicaris valida Hou, 1999 Jianfengia multisegmentalis Hou, 1987 Tanglangia longicaudata Luo & Hu, 1999 Parapeytoia yunnanensis Hou et al., 1995 Haikoucaris ercaiensis Chen et al., 2004 Alalcomenaeus sp. of Tanaka et al., 2013 Leanchoilia illecebrosa (Hou, 1987) Retifacies abnormalis Hou et al., 1989 Pygmaclypeatus daziensis Zhang et al., 2000 Squamacula clypeata Hou & Bergstrom, 1997 Urokodia aequalis Hou et al., 1989 Sinoburius lunaris Hou et al., 1991 Acanthomeridion serratum Hou et al., 1989 Cindarella eucalla Chen et al., 1996 Xandarella spectaculum Hou et al., 1991 Skioldia aldna Hou & Bergstrom, 1997 Saperion glumaceum Hou et al., 1991 Kuamaia lata Hou, 1987 Naraoia spinosa Zhang & Hou, 1985 Misszhouia longicaudata (Zhang & Hou, 1985) Eoredlichia intermedia (Lu, 1940) Kuanyangia sp. of Hou & Bergstrom, 1997 Yunnanocephalus yunnanensis (Mansuy, 1912) Parapaleomerus sinensis Hou et al., 1999 Kwanyinaspis maotianshanensis Zhang & Shu, 2005 Kunmingella douvillei (Mansuy, 1912) Kunyangella cheni Huo, 1965 Primicaris larvaformis Zhang et al., 2003 Branchiocaris? yunnanensis Hou, 1987
• Canadaspis laevigata (Hou & Bergstrom, 1991) Chuandianella ovata (Lee, 1975) Clypecaris pteroidea Hou, 1999 Combinivalvula chengjiangensis Hou, 1987 Synophalos xynos Hou et al., 2009 Yunnanocaris megista Hou, 1999
• 21 Chaetognatha Protosagitta spinosa Hu, 2002
• 22 Hemichordata Galeaplumosus abilus Hou et al., 2011
• 23 Ambulacraria of uncertain affinity Phlogites longus Luo & Hu, 1999 Eldonia eumorpha (Sun & Hou, 1987) Rotadiscus grandis Sun & Hou, 1987
• 24 Chordata Shankouclava anningense Chen et al., 2003 Myllokunmingia fengjiaoa Shu et al., 1999 Zhongxiniscus intermedius Luo & Hu, 2001 Cathaymyrus haikouensis Luo & Hu, 2001
• 25 Bilateria of uncertain affinity Dinomischus venustus Chen et al., 1989 Facivermis yunnanicus Hou & Chen, 1989 Vetulocystis catenata Shu et al., 2004 Yunnanozoon lividum Hou et al., 1991
• 26 Vetulicolians Heteromorphus confusus (Chen & Zhou, 1997) Pomatrum ventralis Luo & Hu, 1999 Yuyuanozoon magnificissimi Chen et al., 2003 Beidazoon venustum Shu, 2005 Vetulicola cuneata Hou, 1987
• 27 Animals of uncertain affinity Allonnia phrixothrix Bengtson & Hou, 2001 Nidelric pugio Hou et al., 2014 Stromatoveris psygmoglena Shu et al., 2006
• 28 Species recorded from the Chengjiang biota
• 29 Phylogenetic arrangement of chapters References Systematic Index General Index.
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The celebrated lower Cambrian Chengjiang biota of Yunnan Province, China, represents one of the most significant ever paleontological discoveries. Deposits of ancient mudstone, about 520 million years old, have yielded a spectacular variety of exquisitely preserved fossils that record the early diversification of animal life. Since the discovery of the first specimens in 1984, many thousands of fossils have been collected, exceptionally preserving not just the shells and carapaces of the animals, but also their soft tissues in fine detail. This special preservation has produced fossils of rare beauty; they are also of outstanding scientific importance as sources of evidence about the origins of animal groups that have sustained global biodiversity to the present day. Much of the scientific documentation of the Chengjiang biota is in Chinese, and the first edition of this book was the first in English to provide fossil enthusiasts with a comprehensive overview of the fauna. The second edition has been fully updated and includes a new chapter on other exceptionally preserved fossils of Cambrian age, exciting new fossil finds from Chengjiang, and a phylogenetic framework for the biota. Displaying some 250 figures of marvelous specimens, this book presents to professional and amateur paleontologists, and all those fascinated by evolutionary biology, the aesthetic and scientific quality of the Chengjiang fossils.
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• Dedication to Grant Mossop / compiled by the Mossop family
• Foreword / Jean C.C. Hsieh
• 1. Effects of sedimentary facies on structural styles in the Canadian Rocky Mountain Fold and Thrust Belt / Normand Bégin and Byron Veilleux
• 2. Late Cretaceous geology and fossils of Dinosaur Provincial Park / Dennis R. Braman, Donald B. Brinkman, and Donald M. Henderson
• 3. Lower to Middle Cambrian of the southern Canadian Rockies / Paul A. Johnston, Christopher J. Collom, and Patricio Desjardins
• 4. The Mesoproterozoic Belt Supergroup in Glacier and Waterton Lakes national parks, northwestern Montana and southwestern Alberta: sedimentary facies and syndepositional deformation / Brian R. Pratt
• 5. Field trip to examine Montney Formation analogs: exposures of the Sulphur Mountain Formation arcound Canmore and Kananaskis, western Alberta, Canada / Joan Noad.

"This volume includes guides to the Canadian Rocky Mountain fold and thrust belt, Late Cretaceous geology and fossils of Dinosaur Provincial Park, Lower to Middle Cambrian of the southern Canadian Rockies, the Mesoproterozoic Belt Supergroup in Glacier and Waterton Lakes national parks, and Montney Formation analogs"-- Provided by publisher.

• Preface Acknowledgments Abbreviations
• 1. Natural Mystic: An Introduction to the Cambrian
• 2. Into The Heart: Cambrian Geology
• 3. A Long Strange Trip: The First 4000 Million Years of Earth History
• 4. Welcome To The Boomtown: The Early Cambrian Seas
• 5. On Top Of The World: The Middle Cambrian Begins
• 6. Magical Mystery Tour: The Biological Psychedelia of the Burgess Shale
• 7. Glory Days: The Later Middle Cambrian
• 8. Taking Off: The Late Cambrian
• 9. Home By The Sea: A Closer Look
• 10. On And On: Legacy of the Explosion Appendix Glossary Notes and References Index.
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The Cambrian is our origination story; the species fossilized in the rocks are our "founding fathers." We can follow their story (and ours) through more than half a billion years of time.
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• Preface Acknowledgments Abbreviations
• 1. Natural Mystic: An Introduction to the Cambrian
• 2. Into The Heart: Cambrian Geology
• 3. A Long Strange Trip: The First 4000 Million Years of Earth History
• 4. Welcome To The Boomtown: The Early Cambrian Seas
• 5. On Top Of The World: The Middle Cambrian Begins
• 6. Magical Mystery Tour: The Biological Psychedelia of the Burgess Shale
• 7. Glory Days: The Later Middle Cambrian
• 8. Taking Off: The Late Cambrian
• 9. Home By The Sea: A Closer Look
• 10. On And On: Legacy of the Explosion Appendix Glossary Notes and References Index.
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The Cambrian is our origination story; the species fossilized in the rocks are our "founding fathers." We can follow their story (and ours) through more than half a billion years of time.
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Secord gives a dazzlingly detailed account of this scientific trench warfare and its social consequences. One ends up with a marvellous feeling for the major taxonomic enterprises in Darwin's younger day: mapping, ordering, conquering 'taming the chaos"" of the strata. All of these of course had social and imperial ramifications; and Secord mentions geology's moral appeal (in supporting a divinely-stratified Creation) to a beleaguered elite intent on subduing the lower orders. Originally published in 1990. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand techn.

Secord gives a dazzlingly detailed account of this scientific trench warfare and its social consequences. One ends up with a marvellous feeling for the major taxonomic enterprises in Darwin's younger day: mapping, ordering, conquering 'taming the chaos"" of the strata. All of these of course had social and imperial ramifications; and Secord mentions geology's moral appeal (in supporting a divinely-stratified Creation) to a beleaguered elite intent on subduing the lower orders. Originally published in 1990. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand techn.

• The geological context of Ediacaran and Cambrian events
• The environmental context of the Ediacaran and early Cambrian
• The Metazoan tree of life
• Dawn of animals : the Ediacara biota
• Metazoan architectures of the Cambrian explosion
• The origin and evolution of Metazoan ecosystems
• The evolution of the Metazoan genome an dthe Cambrian explosion
• Ghostly ancestors
• Constructing the Cambrian.

"The Cambrian Period records one of the most extraordinary transitions in the history of life. Although animals may have first appeared nearly 700 million years ago, with the earliest sponges, their initial diversifications appear to have been modest until a richly diverse fossil fauna appeared relatively abruptly about 170 million years later. In The Cambrian Explosion, Erwin and Valentine synthesize research from many fields to explain why there was such remarkable novelty of animal forms"-- Provided by publisher.

• Foreword / Jean-Bernard Caron
• Preface / Paul A. Johnston and Kimberley J. Johnston
• The Cambridge University-Geological Survey of Canada excavation of the Burgess Shale in 1967 / David L. Bruton
• What is a phylum? Systematics, evolution and the Burgess Shale / Keynyn Brysse
• The development of Mid-Cambrian lithostratigraphical nomenclature in the vicinity of the Burgess Shale, Kicking Horse belt of Canada / Terence P. Fletcher
• A new Burgess Shale-type locality in the "thin" Stephen Formation, Kootenay National Park, British Columbia : stratigraphic and paleoenvironmental setting / Robert R. Gaines
• Trace-fossil assemblages in a Burgess Shale-type deposit from the Stephen Formation at Stanley Glacier, Canadian Rocky Mountains : unraveling ecologic and evolutionary controls / M. Gabriela Mángano
• The Sirius Passet Lagerstätte (Early Cambrian) of north Greenland / John S. Peel and Jon R. Ineson
• Trilobite taphonomy of the Latham Shale (Lower Cambrian; Dyeran), Mojave Desert, California : an inner detrital belt Burgess Shale-type deposit of western Laurentia / John R. Foster
• The influence of sulfate concentration on soft-tissue decay and preservation / Emma Hammarlund, Don E. Canfield, Stafan Bengtson, Peter Mygind Leth, Burkhard Schillinger and Elbio Calzada
• Some observations on the sensory organization of the crustaceomorph Waptia fieldensis Walcott / Nicholas J. Strausfeld
• Echmatocrinus from the Middle Cambrian Burgess Shale : a crinoid echinoderm or an octocoral cnidarian? / James Sprinkle and Desmond Collins
• The palaeoscolecida and the evolution of the Ecdysozoa / Andrey Yu. Zhuravlev, José Antonio Gámez Vintaned and Eladio Liñán
• Possible Ediacaran ancestry of the halkieriids / Jerzy Dzik.

• PART I: NUMERICAL METHODS
• 1. Ordination methods and the evaluation of Ediacaran communities Matthew E. Clapham.
• 2. Exploratory Multivariate Techniques and their Utility for Understanding Ancient Ecosystems John W. Huntley
• 3. Morphometrics in the Study of Ediacaran Fossil Forms Marc Laflamme and Michelle M. Casey.
• 4. Analyzing Predation from the Dawn of the Phanerozoic Lindsey R. Leighton
• 5. Ecospace Utilization during the Ediacaran Radiation and the Cambrian Eco-plosion Andrew M. Bush, Richard K. Bambach, and Douglas H. Erwin
• 6. Quantifying Bioturbation in Ediacaran and Cambrian Rocks Katherine N. Marenco and David J. Bottjer
• 7. Assessing the role of skeletons in Early Paleozoic carbonate production: Insights from Cambro-Ordovician strata, western Newfoundland Sara B. Pruss and Hannah Clemente
• 8. Exploring the Ecological Dynamics of Extinction Amelinda E. Webb and Lindsey R. Leighton
• 9. Fossils with Little Relief - Using Lasers to Conserve, Image, and Analyse the Ediacara biota Jonathan B. Antcliffe and Martin D. Brasier PART II: TECHNOLOGICAL APPROACHES
• 10. Confocal laser scanning microscopy and Raman (and fluorescence) spectroscopic imagery of permineralized Cambrian and Neoproterozoic fossils J. William Schopf and Anatoliy B. Kudryavtsev
• 11. X-ray microanalysis of Burgess Shale and similarly preserved fossils Patrick J. Orr and Stuart Kearns
• 12. Ultrastructural Approaches to the Microfossil Record: Assessing Biological Affinities by use of Transmission Electron Microscopy Sebastian Willman and Phoebe A. Cohen
• 13. Paleobiological applications of focused ion beam electron microscopy (FIB-EM): An ultrastructural approach to the (micro)fossil record James D. Schiffbauer and Shuhai Xiao
• 14. Reconstructing deep-time biology with molecular fossils Christian Hallmann, Amy Kelly, S. Neal Gupta, and Roger E. Summons
• 15. Carbon and Sulfur Stable Isotopic Systems and Their Application in Paleoenvironmental Analysis Kathleen A. McFadden and Amy E. Kelly
• 1. Ordination methods and the evaluation of Ediacaran communities Matthew E. Clapham.
• 2. Exploratory Multivariate Techniques and their Utility for Understanding Ancient Ecosystems John W. Huntley
• 3. Morphometrics in the Study of Ediacaran Fossil Forms Marc Laflamme and Michelle M. Casey.
• 4. Analyzing Predation from the Dawn of the Phanerozoic Lindsey R. Leighton
• 5. Ecospace Utilization during the Ediacaran Radiation and the Cambrian Eco-plosion Andrew M. Bush, Richard K. Bambach, and Douglas H. Erwin
• 6. Quantifying Bioturbation in Ediacaran and Cambrian Rocks Katherine N. Marenco and David J. Bottjer
• 7. Assessing the role of skeletons in Early Paleozoic carbonate production: Insights from Cambro-Ordovician strata, western Newfoundland Sara B. Pruss and Hannah Clemente
• 8. Exploring the Ecological Dynamics of Extinction Amelinda E. Webb and Lindsey R. Leighton
• 9. Fossils with Little Relief - Using Lasers to Conserve, Image, and Analyse the Ediacara biota Jonathan B. Antcliffe and Martin D. Brasier PART II: TECHNOLOGICAL APPROACHES
• 10. Confocal laser scanning microscopy and Raman (and fluorescence) spectroscopic imagery of permineralized Cambrian and Neoproterozoic fossils J. William Schopf and Anatoliy B. Kudryavtsev
• 11. X-ray microanalysis of Burgess Shale and similarly preserved fossils Patrick J. Orr and Stuart Kearns
• 12. Ultrastructural Approaches to the Microfossil Record: Assessing Biological Affinities by use of Transmission Electron Microscopy Sebastian Willman and Phoebe A. Cohen
• 13. Paleobiological applications of focused ion beam electron microscopy (FIB-EM): An ultrastructural approach to the (micro)fossil record James D. Schiffbauer and Shuhai Xiao
• 14. Reconstructing deep-time biology with molecular fossils Christian Hallmann, Amy Kelly, S. Neal Gupta, and Roger E. Summons
• 15. Carbon and Sulfur Stable Isotopic Systems and Their Application in Paleoenvironmental Analysis Kathleen A. McFadden and Amy E. Kelly.
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This volume provides a detailed description of a wide range of numerical, statistical or modeling techniques and novel instrumentation separated into individual chapters written by paleontologists with expertise in the given methodology. Each chapter outlines the strengths and limitations of specific numerical or technological approaches, and ultimately applies the chosen method to a real fossil dataset or sample type. A unifying theme throughout the book is the evaluation of fossils during the prologue and epilogue of one of the most exciting events in Earth History: the Cambrian radiation.
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• V. 1. Corynexochida, Lichida, and Asaphida
• v. 2. Ptychopariida, Eodiscida, and Undetermined Forms.

A stunning exploration of the cause of the 'Big Bang' of evolution: the development of the eye and the birth of predation. Between 543 and 538 million years ago, something remarkable happened. After hundreds of millions of years of gradual and painstaking evolution, suddenly the process exploded into life. For the first time animals evolved hard external parts. For the first time there was evidence of active predation, with both hunters and hunted rapidly developing both armaments and defences. And in this short space of time -- the blink of an eye, in geological terms -- the number of different classifications of animals, or phyla, mushroomed from three to thirty-eight, the number we still have today. The 'when' and the 'what' of this extraordinary event, known as the 'Cambrian Explosion', have been known for some years and were made famous in Stephen Jay Gould's bestselling book WONDERFUL LIFE. What has until now been speculation is the 'why'. Andrew Parker's astounding explanation, which is becoming increasingly influential and accepted, is fully explored and described in this groundbreaking book. A scientific detective story which encompasses disciplines as diverse as biology, history, geology and art, IN THE BLINK OF AN EYE is destined to become a popular-science classic.
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An accomplished young scientist solves one of the greatest mysteries of evolution: What caused the dramatic explosion of life half a billion years ago?. The Cambrian Explosion is universally referred to as biology's "Big Bang." About 550 million years ago, there was literally an explosion of life forms, as all the major animal groups suddenly and dramatically appeared. Why did it happen this way? Why didn't these creatures continue the slow, plodding pace of evolution, appearing only very gradually in the fossil record? Although several books have been written about this surprising event, none have explained why it occurred. Indeed, none were able to.Here, for the first time, Oxford zoologist Andrew Parker reveals his theory of this great flourishing of life. Parker's "Light Switch Theory" holds that it was the development of vision in primitive animals that caused the explosion. Precambrian creatures were unable to see, making it impossible to find friend or foe. With the evolution of the eye, the size, shape, color, and behavior of animals was suddenly revealed for the first time. Once the lights were "turned on, " all animals had to either adapt or die, and in a geological instant, the world became a very different place. A controversial theory but one that is quickly gaining ground, the Light Switch Theory promises to revolutionize our understanding of life and light. Drawing on evidence not just from biology but also from geology, physics, chemistry, history, and art, In the Blink of an Eye is the fascinating story of a young scientist's intellectual journey, and a celebration of the scientific method.
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• Introduction, by Andrey Yu. Zhuravlev and Robert Riding I. The Environment
• 2. Paleomagnetically and Tectonically Based Global Maps for Vendian to Mid-Ordovician Time, by Alan G. Smith
• 3. Global Facies Distributions from Late Vendian to Mid-Ordovician, by Kirill B. Seslavinsky and Irina D. Maidanskaya
• 4. Did Supercontinental Amalgamation Trigger the "Cambrian Explosion"?, by Martin D. Brasier and John F. Lindsay
• 5. Climate Change at the Neoproterozoic-Cambrian Transition, by Toni T. Eerola
• 6. Australian Early and Middle Cambrian Sequence Biostratigraphy with Implications for Species Diversity and Correlation, by David I. Gravestock and John H. Shergold
• 7. The Cambrian Radiation and the Diversification of Sedimentary Fabrics, by Mary L. Droser and Xing Li II. Community Patterns and Dynamics
• 8. Biotic Diversity and Structure During the Neoproterozoic-Ordovician Transition, by Andrey Yu. Zhuravlev
• 9. Ecology and Evolution of Cambrian Plankton, by Nicholas J. Butterfield
• 10. Evolution of Shallow-Water Level-Bottom Commuties, by Mikhail B. Burzin, Francoise Debrenne, and Andrey Yu. Zhuravlev
• 11. Evolution of the Hardground Community, by Sergei V. Rozhnov
• 12. Ecology and Evolution of the Cambrian Reefs, by Brian R. Pratt, Ben R. Spincer, Rachel A. Wood, and Andrey Yu. Zhuravlev
• 13. Evolution of the Deep-Water Benthic Community, by T. Peter Crimes III. Ecologic Radiation of Major Groups of Organisms
• 14. Sponges, Cnidarians, and Ctenophores, by Francoise Debrenne and Joachim Reitner
• 15. Mollusks, Hyoliths, Stenothecoids, and Coeloscleritophorans, by Arten V. Kouchinsky
• 16. Brachiopods, by Galina T. Ushatinskaya
• 17. Ecologic Evolution of Cambrian Trilobites, by Nigel C. Hughes
• 18. Ecology of Nontrilobite Arthropods and Lobopods in the Cambrian, by Graham E. Budd
• 19. Ecologic Radiation of Cambro-Ordovician Echinoderms, by Thomas E. Guensburg and James Sprinkle
• 20. Calcified Algae and Bacteria, by Robert Riding
• 21. Molecular Fossils Demonstrate Precambrian Origin of Dinoflagellates, by J. M. Moldowan, S. Jacobson, J. Dahl, A. Al-Hajji, B. Huizinga, and F. Fago.
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The Cambrian radiation was the explosive evolution of marine life that started 550,000,000 years ago. It ranks as one of the most important episodes in Earth history. This key event in the history of life on our planet changed the marine biosphere and its sedimentary environment forever, requiring a complex interplay of wide-ranging biologic and nonbiologic processes. "The Ecology of the Cambrian Radiation" offers a comprehensive and surprising picture of the Earth at that ancient time. The book contains contributions from 33authors hailing from ten countries and should be of interest to paleontologists, geologists, biologists, and other researchers interested in the global Earth-life system.
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The Cambrian and Ordovician systems are recognised worldwide as two of the major divisions of geological time. Together they represent a period of 100 million years, during which time the seas, the continents and the biosphere underwent great changes. Vast numbers of fossil species have been described from the varied suite of environmental settings represented in the British Cambrian and Ordovician rocks; many of them are taxonomically important and many are representative of geologically and geographically widespread groups. Research on British Cambrian and Ordovician stratigraphy has contributed significantly to the global understanding of this important period. This volume describes some 130 sites that encapsulate key features of the Cambrian and Ordovician in Britain, and the reference list provides an entry to the extensive literature on the subject.
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