ISBN: 9780231126786

Two of the greatest evolutionary events in the history of life on Earth occurred during Early Paleozoic time. The first was the Cambrian explosion of skeletonized marine animals about 540… Mehr…

Two of the greatest evolutionary events in the history of life on Earth occurred during Early Paleozoic time. The first was the Cambrian explosion of skeletonized marine animals about 540 million years ago. The second was the ""Great Ordovician Biodiversification Event,"" which is the focus of this book. During the 46-million-year Ordovician Period (489â??443 m. y.), a bewildering array of adaptive radiations of ""Paleozoic- and Modern-type"" biotas appeared in marine habitats, the first animals (arthropods) walked on land, and the first non-vascular bryophyte-like plants (based on their cryptospore record) colonized terrestrial areas with damp environments. This book represents a compilation by a large team of Ordovician specialists from around the world, who have enthusiastically cooperated to produce this first globally orientated, internationally sponsored IGCP (International Geological Correlation Program) project on Ordovician biotas. The major part is an assembly of genus- and species-level diversity data for the many Ordovician fossil groups. The book also presents an evaluation of how each group diversified through Ordovician time, with assessments of patterns of change and rates of origination and extinction. As such, it will become the standard work and data source for biotic studies on the Ordovician Period. | The Great Ordovician Biodiversification Event by Barry Webby Hardcover | Indigo Chapters Books > Science & Nature > Science > Paleontology P10117, Barry Webby<

2004, ISBN: 0231126786

[EAN: 9780231126786], New book, [SC: 0.0], [PU: Columbia University Press, United States], Language: English. Brand new Book. Two of the greatest evolutionary events in the history of lif… Mehr…

[EAN: 9780231126786], New book, [SC: 0.0], [PU: Columbia University Press, United States], Language: English. Brand new Book. Two of the greatest evolutionary events in the history of life on Earth occurred during Early Paleozoic time. The first was the Cambrian explosion of skeletonized marine animals about 540 million years ago. The second was the "Great Ordovician Biodiversification Event," which is the focus of this book. During the 46-million-year Ordovician Period (489-443 m.y.), a bewildering array of adaptive radiations of "Paleozoic- and Modern-type" biotas appeared in marine habitats, the first animals (arthropods) walked on land, and the first non-vascular bryophyte-like plants (based on their cryptospore record) colonized terrestrial areas with damp environments. This book represents a compilation by a large team of Ordovician specialists from around the world, who have enthusiastically cooperated to produce this first globally orientated, internationally sponsored IGCP (International Geological Correlation Program) project on Ordovician biotas. The major part is an assembly of genus- and species-level diversity data for the many Ordovician fossil groups.The book also presents an evaluation of how each group diversified through Ordovician time, with assessments of patterns of change and rates of origination and extinction. As such, it will become the standard work and data source for biotic studies on the Ordovician Period., Books<

ISBN: 9780231126786

Two of the greatest evolutionary events in the history of life on Earth occurred during Early Paleozoic time. The first was the Cambrian explosion of skeletonized marine animals about 540… Mehr…

Two of the greatest evolutionary events in the history of life on Earth occurred during Early Paleozoic time. The first was the Cambrian explosion of skeletonized marine animals about 540 million years ago. The second was the Great Ordovician Biodiversification Event, which is the focus of this book. Durgaing the 46-million-year Ordovician Period (489–443 m.y.), a bewildering array of adaptive radiations of Paleozoic- and Modern-type biotas appeared in marine habitats, the first animals (arthropods) walked on land, and the first non-vascular bryophyte-like plants (based on their cryptospore record) colonized terrestrial areas with damp environments.This book represents a compilation by a large team of Ordovician specialists from around the world, who have enthusiastically cooperated to produce this first globally orientated, internationally sponsored IGCP (International Geological Correlation Program) project on Ordovician biotas. The major part is an assembly of genus- and species-level diversity data for the many Ordovician fossil groups. The book also presents an evaluation of how each group diversified through Ordovician time, with assessments of patterns of change and rates of origination and extinction. As such, it will become the standard work and data source for biotic studies on the Ordovician Period. New Textbooks>Hardcover>Nature & Wildlife>Animals>Animals, Columbia University Press Core >2 >T<

ISBN: 9780231126786

Hardback, [PU: Columbia University Press], Focuses on the 46-million-year Ordovician Period (489-443 my), when a bewildering array of adaptive radiations of Paleozoic and Modern-type biot… Mehr…

Hardback, [PU: Columbia University Press], Focuses on the 46-million-year Ordovician Period (489-443 my), when a bewildering array of adaptive radiations of Paleozoic and Modern-type biotas appeared in marine habitats, the first animals (arthropods) walked on land, and the first non-vascular bryophyte-like plants colonized terrestrial areas with damp environments., Palaeontology<

2004, ISBN: 9780231126786

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