Quantifying the Evolution of Early Life Numerical Approaches to the
This volume provides a detailed description of a wide range of numerical, statistical or modeling techniques and novel instrumentation separated into individual chapters written by paleontologists with expertise in the given methodology. Each chapter outl
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Aims and Scope Topics in Geobiology Book Series
Topics in Geobiology series treats geobiology – the broad discipline that covers the history of life on Earth. The series aims for high quality, scholarly volumes of original research as well as broad reviews. Recent volumes have showcased a variety of organisms including cephalopods, corals, and rodents. They discuss the biology of these organisms-their ecology, phylogeny, and mode of life – and in addition, their fossil record – their distribution in time and space. Other volumes are more theme based such as predator-prey relationships, skeletal mineralization, paleobiogeography, and approaches to high resolution stratigraphy, that cover a broad range of organisms. One theme that is at the heart of the series is the interplay between the history of life and the changing environment. This is treated in skeletal mineralization and how such skeletons record environmental signals and animal-sediment relationships in the marine environment. The series editors also welcome any comments or suggestions for future volumes. Series Editors Neil H. Landman, [email protected] Peter Harries, [email protected]
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Marc Laflamme James D. Schiffbauer Stephen Q. Dornbos ●
Editors
Quantifying the Evolution of Early Life Numerical Approaches to the Evaluation of Fossils and Ancient Ecosystems
Editors Marc Laflamme Smithsonian Postdoctoral Fellow Department of Paleobiology Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC 20013-7012, USA [email protected]
Stephen Q. Dornbos Department of Geosciences University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Milwaukee, WI 53201-0413 USA [email protected]
James D. Schiffbauer Department of Geosciences Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University 4044 Derring Hall, Blacksburg VA 24061, USA [email protected]
ISBN 978-94-007-0679-8 e-ISBN 978-94-007-0680-4 DOI 10.1007/978-94-007-0680-4 Springer Dordrecht Heidelberg London New York Library of Congress Control Number: 2011921512 © Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2011 No part of this work may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, microfilming, recording or otherwise, without written permission from the Publisher, with the exception of any material supplied specifically for the purpose of being entered and executed on a computer system, for exclusive use by the purchaser of the work. Cover illustration: Small top images: cartoons on left and right by Marc Laflamme, center small image by J. William Schopf, large center image by James D. Schiffbauer Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
Dedication
When we began organizing the GSA topical session that formed the basis of this volume in 2008, Hans Hofmann was first on our list of proposed keynote speakers due to his longstanding dedication to quantitative and qualitative approaches to Preca
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