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Title Neoproterozoic geobiology and paleobiology / edited by Shuhai Xiao and Alan J. Kaufman
Published Dordrecht, Netherlands : Springer, ©2006

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Description 1 online resource (xxi, 300 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps
Series Topics in geobiology ; v. 27
Topics in geobiology ; v. 27.
Contents The Proterozoic fossil record of heterotrophic eukaryotes / Susannah M. Porter -- On the morphological history of Proterozoic and Cambrian acritarchs / John Warren Huntley, Shuhai Xiao and Michał Kowalewski -- On the morphological and ecological history of Proterozoic microalgae / Shuhai Xiao and Lin Dong -- Evolutionary paleoecology of Ediacaran benthic marine animals / David J. Bottjer and matthew e. Clapham -- A critical look at the Ediacaran trace fossil record / Sören Jensen, Mary L. Droser and James G. Gehling -- The developmental origins of animal bodyplans / Douglas H. Erwin -- Molecular timescale of evolution in the Proterozoic / S. Blair Hedges, Fabia U. Battistuzzi and Jaime E. Blair -- A Neoproterozoic chronology / Galen P. halverson -- On Neoproterozoic cap carbonates as chronostratigraphic markers / Frank A. Corsetti and Nathaniel J. Lorentz
Summary The Neoproterozoic Era (1000-542 million years ago) has become a major focus of geobiological investigations because it is a geological period characterized by dramatic climatic change and important evolutionary innovations. Repeated glaciations of unusual magnitude occurred throughout this tumultuous interval, and various eukaryotic clades independently achieved multicellularity, becoming more complex, abundant, and diverse at its termination. Animals made their first debut in the Neoproterozoic too. This volume presents a sample of views and visions among some of the growing numbers of Neoproterozoic workers. It includes a set of multidisciplinary reviews on the Neoproterozoic fossil record (animals, algae, acritarchs, protists, and trace fossils), evolutionary developmental biology of animals, molecular clock estimates of phylogenetic divergences, and Neoproterozoic chemostratigraphy and sedimentary geology. These topics are of continuing interest to geoscientists and bioscientists who are intrigued by the deep history of the Earth and its inhabitants
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Paleontology -- Proterozoic -- Congresses
Paleoecology -- Proterozoic -- Congresses
Evolutionary paleobiology -- Congresses
Geobiology -- Congresses
Paleobiology -- Congresses
Geology, Stratigraphic -- Proterozoic -- Congresses
SCIENCE -- Earth Sciences -- Sedimentology & Stratigraphy.
Geobiology.
Paleobiology.
Geology, Stratigraphic -- Proterozoic.
Paleontology -- Proterozoic.
Paleoecology -- Proterozoic.
Evolutionary paleobiology.
Environnement.
Sciences de la terre.
Evolutionary paleobiology.
Geobiology.
Geology, Stratigraphic.
Paleobiology.
Paleoecology.
Paleontology.
Proterozoic Geologic Period.
Geobiologie
Paläobiologie
Oberproterozoikum
Genre/Form Conference papers and proceedings.
Conference papers and proceedings.
Actes de congrès.
Form Electronic book
Author Xiao, Shuhai.
Kaufman, Alan Jay.
Geological Society of America. Annual Meeting (115th : 2003 : Seattle, Wash.)
ISBN 9781402052026
1402052022
1402052014
9781402052019
1402051530
9781402051531
1280863862
9781280863868
6610863865
9786610863860
Other Titles Neoproterozoic geobiology: fossils, clocks, isotopes, and rocks
Neoproterozoic geobiology: fossils, clocks, isotopes, and rocks
Neoproterozoic geobiology: fossils, clocks, isotopes, and rocks