paleobiology ii

[...]... University Drive, San Marcos, Texas 78666-4616, USA J.M VAN MOURIK Institute for Biodiversity & Ecosystem Dynamics, University of Amsterdam, Niewe Achtergracht 166, 1018-WV Amsterdam, The Netherlands xiii B VAN VALKENBURGH Department of Organismic Biology, Ecology & Evolution, University of California at Los Angeles, 621 Charles E Young Drive South, PO Box 951606, Los Angeles, California 90095-1606,... accumulated, new expertise has arisen, concepts have evolved, and emphases have changed It is now time for a new synthesis, and here it is — Palaeobiology II Readers familiar with the first book will recognize the main divisions here, but Palaeobiology II is by no means a second edition — it is an entirely new book The great majority of the 137 articles deal with new topics (all are new treatments), and... whole gigantic project through to completion They have again been active; Palaeobiology II is a testament to their vision, to the many hours of labour required to realize it, and to the fruitful partnership that they have developed with Blackwell Science On behalf of the Palaeontological Association, I wish Palaeobiology II the success it deserves It is very welcome, and the topics covered here cannot fail... University of Chicago, 5734 South Ellis Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA A.H KNOLL Botanical Museum, Harvard University, 26 Oxford Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA C.C LABANDEIRA Department of Paleobiology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20560, USA D.B LAZARUS Institut für Paläontologie, Museum für Naturkunde, Zentralinstitut der Humboldt-Universität... University of Bristol, Cantock's Close, Bristol BS8 1TS, UK C.V MILSOM School of Biological & Earth Sciences, Liverpool John Moores University, James Parsons Building, Byrom Street, Liverpool L3 3AF, UK xii List of Contributors M.A NORELL Department of Vertebrate Paleontology, American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West at 79th Street, New York, New York 10024-5192, USA R.D NORRIS Scripps Institution... Evolutionary Anthropology, Inselstrasse 22, D-04103 Leipzig, Germany T.J PAINTER Institute of Biotechnology, Norwegian University of Science & Technology, N-7491 Trondheim, Norway J.M PANDOLFI Department of Paleobiology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20560, USA P.N PEARSON Department of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol, Wills Memorial Building, Queen's Road,... Estratigrafía, Facultad de Ciencias Geológicas, Universidad Complutense, 28040 Madrid, Spain S CONWAY MORRIS Department of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3EQ, UK E.M FRIIS Department of Palaeobotany, Swedish Museum of Natural History, Box 50007, S-104 05 Stockholm, Sweden A COOPER Institute of Biological Anthropology, University of Oxford, 58 Banbury Road, Oxford OX2... Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, 55 rue Buffon, F-75005 Paris, France A.D GISHLICK National Center for Science Education, PO Box 9477, Berkeley, California 94709-0477, USA W.A DIMICHELE Department of Paleobiology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20560, USA M.L DROSER Department of Earth Sciences, University of California at Riverside, California 92521, USA... University of Newfoundland, St John’s, Newfoundland A1B 3X9, Canada D EDWARDS Department of Earth Sciences, Cardiff University, Main Building, PO Box 941, Cardiff CF10 3YE, UK D.H ERWIN Department of Paleobiology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20560, USA R.P EVERSHED Organic Geochemistry Unit, School of Chemistry, University of Bristol, Cantock's Close,... biologists and palaeontologists of all kinds Perhaps in another ten years there will be a further version, but this one is unlikely to be quickly superseded The Palaeontological Association xv Palaeobiology II Edited by Derek E.G Briggs, Peter R Crowther Copyright © 2001, 2003 by Blackwell Publishing Ltd 1 MAJOR EVENTS IN THE HISTORY OF LIFE Cranium of Neandertal (Guattari 1) from Monte Circeo, Italy, approximately . paper)—ISBN 0-632-05149-3 (pb. : alk. paper) 1. Palaeobiology. I. Title: Palaeobiology two. II. Title: Palaeobiology 2. III. Briggs, D.E.G. IV. Crowther, Peter R. QE719.8 .P34 2001 560 — dc21 00-031211 Acatalogue. PALAEOBIOLOGY II The dinosaur Diplodocus as seen in the BBC’s acclaimed series ‘Walking with Dinosaurs’ — the world’s first natural history of dinosaurs. © BBC Worldwide Ltd, 1999. PALAEOBIOLOGY II EDITED. Biostratigraphy, 545 j. backman 5.4.5 Sequence Stratigraphy and Fossils, 548 s.m. holland Index, 555 viii Contents L.C. AIELLO Department of Anthropology, University College London, Gower Street, London