Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Introduction

Side of the book
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Dedication
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Book title
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Copyrights
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Note about funding
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Volume published
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Authors
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Alphabetical list
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Editorial preface
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Abbreviations
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References to literature
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Stratigraphic Divisions
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Contents
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Introduction
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General discussion
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Necrotic processes
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Fate of organic material
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Sequence of decay of soft parts associated with preservable hard parts
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Fate of preservable hard parts before final burial
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General discussion
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Formation of Steinkerns and early diagenesis
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Deformation of fossils
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Selective dissolution during diagenesis
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Molecular rearrangements in the course of Diagenesis
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Preservation of structural soft parts
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References
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Contents
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Introduction
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Stratigraphic distribution
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Geographic distribution
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Chronostratigraphic data
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Paleoecology and taphonomy
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Evolutionary significance
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Suprageneric taxa of precambrian metazoa
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Coelenterata
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Annelida
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Arthropoda
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Uncertain
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Names given to precambrian nonmetazoan and trace fossils
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Rejected and unrecognizable taxa
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References
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Introduction
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Cambrian biota
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Biogeographic "Provinces
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Cambrian biostratigraphy
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References
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Introduction
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Lower boundary of the Ordovician
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Shelly faunas
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Planktonic graptolites
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Conodont faunas
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Biogeographic evaluation of faunal differentiation
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Biogeographic changes leading to the cosmopolitan silurian fauna
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References
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Contents
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General trends
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Correlation and biostratigraphy
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Distribution of Silurian strata
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Silurian flora & fauna
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References
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Contents
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Facies patterns in the European devonian
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Stages and zones of the European Devonian
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Main areas of Devonian rocks
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Lower Devonian faunas
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Middle devonian Faunas
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Upper Devonian faunas
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Devonian global reconstruction
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References
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Contents
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Main areas of Devonian rocks
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Lower Devonian faunas
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Middle Devonian faunas
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Upper Devonian Faunas
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Devonian continental deposits and associated invertebrate faunas
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References
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Introduction
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General
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Foraminifers
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Corals
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Brachiopods
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Cephalopods
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Conodonts
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Insects
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Biogeographic interpretation
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References
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Introduction
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Regional biostratigraphic
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Fusulinaceans
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Corals
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Bryozoans
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Brachiopods
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Ammonoids
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Conodonts
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Paleogeographic reconstruction
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Summary and conclusions
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References
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Contents
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Stages and zones of the Triassic
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Stratigraphy and paleogeography
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General
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Ammonoids
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Nautiloids
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Bivalves
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Gastropods
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Brachiopods
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Conodonts
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References
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Introduction
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Anthozoa 
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Brachiopoda
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Bivalvia + Gastropoda
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Ammonoidea
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Coleoidea
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Other invertebrates
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References
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Introduction
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Survey of Cretaceous marine environments
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Temporal and biostratigraphic definitions
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Biostratigraphy
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Biogeography
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Summary and some observations on evolution
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References
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General trends
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Distribution of Tertiary sediments
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Outline of invertebrate evolution during tertiary time
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Foraminiferida
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Coelenterata & Mollusca
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Biostratigraphic Divisions
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References
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Contents
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Introduction: concept of the quaternary
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Lower limit of the quaternary
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Age and correlation of the Pliocene-Pleistocene boundary
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Biostratigraphy, biogeography and Quaternary climate change
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Atlantic ocean
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Arctic region
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Antarctic-Subantarctic ocean
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Mediterranean
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Summary and conclusions
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References
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Index
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