Eocene Biodiversity

Unusual Occurrences and Rarely Sampled Habitats

AvGregg F. Gunnell

Häftad, Engelska, 2012

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Initially, this work was designed to document and study the diversification of modern mammalian groups and was quite successful and satisfying. However, as field and laboratory work continued, there began to develop a suspicion that not all of the Eocene story was being told. It became apparent that most fossil samples, especially those from the American West, were derived from similar preservational circumstances and similar depositional settings. A program was initiated to look for other potential sources of fossil samples, either from non-traditional lithologies or from geographic areas that were not typically sampled. As this program of research grew it began to demonstrate that different lithologies and different geographic areas told different stories from those that had been developed based on more typical faunal assemblages. This book is conceived as an introduction to non-traditional Eocene fossils samples, and as a place to document and discuss features of these fossil assemblages that are rare or that come from rarely represented habitats.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2012-09-24
Mått:178 x 254 x 26 mm
Vikt:873 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Topics in Geobiology
Antal sidor:442
Förlag:Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
ISBN:9781461354710

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'The papers in this volume are of consistently high quality and each will be a valuable contribution to the field. I highly recommend this book to anyone interested in the Ecocene specifically of the history of global biodiversity through geologic time.' Quarterly Review of Biology, 77:4 (2002)

Innehållsförteckning

1 • An Updated Review of the Fish Faunas From the Green River Formation, the World’s Most Productive Freshwater Lagerstätten.- 1. Introduction.- 2. The Green River System as a Paleogene Great Lakes Complex.- 3. An Updated Look at the Taxonomic Diversity of the Green River Fish Faunas.- 4. Summary of Inter-Lake Faunal Comparisons.- 5. Comment on the Biodiversity of the Green River Fish Fauna.- 6. Future Studies.- References.- 2 • Paleontological Investigations at the Eocene Locality of Mahenge in North-Central Tanzania, East Africa.- 1. Introduction.- 2. History of Paleontological Research.- 3. Research Area and Geological Context.- 4. Stratigraphy.- 5. Lake Paleoecology.- 6. Age of the Fossil Beds.- 7. Renewed Fieldwork at Mahenge.- 8. Other Localities in the Singida Area.- 9. The Mahenge Fauna and Flora.- 10. Discussion and Conclusions.- References.- 3 • Early Wasatchian Mammals From the Gulf Coastal Plain of Mississippi: Biostratigraphic and Paleobiogeographic Implications.- 1. Introduction.- 2. The Mammalian Component of the Red Hot Local Fauna.- 3. Discussion.- 4. Summary.- References.- 4 • Paleocene-Eocene Microvertebrates in Freshwater Limestones of the Willwood Formation, Clarks Fork Basin, Wyoming.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Geology.- 3. Fauna.- 4. Depositional Environment.- 5. Contribution of Limestone Fauna.- 6. Summary.- References.- 5 • Unusual Vertebrate Microfaunas From the Willwood Formation, Early Eocene of the Bighorn Basin, Wyoming.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Materials and Methods.- 3. Synopsis of Quarry Sites.- 4. Taphonomy.- 5. Compositional Comparisons.- 6. Future Work.- 7. Conclusions.- References.- 6 • Stratigraphy and Taphonomy of Grizzly Buttes, Bridger Formation, and the Middle Eocene of Wyoming.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Geology.- 3.Taphonomy.- 4. Notharctid Primates.- References.- 7 • Taphonomic Analysis of the Messel Formation (Germany).- 1. Introduction.- 2. Messel Vertebrates.- 3. Geology and Paleoclimate.- 4. Taphonomy.- References.- 8 • Paleobiological Implications of the Messel Mammalian Assemblage.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Small Omnivorous-Insectivorous Forest Floor Dwellers.- 3. Aerial Insectivory.- 4. Arboreal Life.- 5. Reproduction and Ontogeny.- References.- 9 • The Eocene Mammalian Fauna of Chambi (Tunisia) in Its Geological Context.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Paleogeography and Biostratigraphy.- 3. Continental Paleogene Series.- 4. Summary of Chambi Vertebrates.- References.- 10 • Gandhera Quarry, A Unique Mammalian Faunal Assemblage From the Early Eocene of Baluchistan (Pakistan).- 1. Introduction.- 2. Geologic Setting.- 3. Collecting Techniques.- 4. Taxonomic Composition.- 5. Bones at Gandhera Quarry.- 6. Summary.- References.- 11 • Paleoecology and Biostratigraphy of Marginal Marine Gulf Coast Eocene Vertebrate Localities.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Wilcox Group.- 3. Claiborne Group.- 4. Barnwell Group.- 5. Jackson Group.- 6. Discussion.- References.- 12 • Taphonomic Interpretation of Gnat-Out-of-Hell, an Early Uintan Small Mammal Locality in the Uinta Formation, Utah.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Taphonomy of Predator Assemblages.- 3. Methods.- 4. Results.- 5. Discussion.- References.- 13 • A Mass Death Accumulation of Coryphodon anthracoideus (Mammalia: Pantodonta) at Roehler’s Coryphodon Catastrophe Quarry (Lower Eocene, Wasatch Formation), Washakie Basin, Wyoming.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Regional Geology and Paleontology.- 3. Taphonomy.- 4. Conclusion.- References.- 14 • Meniscotherium Mass-Death Assemblages.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Ucmp Locality V71237.- 3. Nmmnh Locality L-201.-4. Nmmnh Locality L-203.- 5. Discussion.- 6. Associated Faunas.- 7. Population Samples of Meniscotherium.- 8. Summary.- References.- Appendix 1.- Appendix 2.- Appendix 3.- 15 • Taphonomy, Fauna, and Depositional Environment of the Omomys Quarry, an Unusual Accumulation From the Bridger Formation (Middle Eocene) of Southwestern Wyoming (USA).- Abstract.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Materials and Methods.- 3. Geology.- 4. The Omomys Quarry Fossil Assemblage.- 5. Taphonomy of the Omomys Quarry.- 6. Conclusions.- References.- 16 • Basin Margins, Biodiversity, Evolutionary Innovation, and the Origin of New Taxa.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Geology of South Pass, Wyoming.- 3. The Bridgerian Land Mammal Age.- 4. Basin Margins.- 5. Recognition of Ancient Basin Margin Environments.- 6. Basin Margin Faunas.- 7. Anachronism and Cladogensis.- 8. Speciation.- 9. Conclusions.- References.