Patterns of Evolution as Illustrated by the Fossil Record 9780444414953, 0444414959

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Page iii

Copyright page
Page iv

Preface
Pages v-vii
A. Hallam

List of Contributors
Page viii

Chapter 1 Eternal Metaphors of Palaeontology Original Research Article
Pages 1-26
Stephen Jay Gould

Chapter 2 General Patterns of Metazoan Evolution Original Research Article
Pages 27-57
James W. Valentine

Chapter 3 Stochastic Models in Evolutionary Palaeontology Original Research Article
Pages 59-78
David M. Raup

Chapter 4 Brachiopod Evolution Original Research Article
Pages 79-121
Alwyn Williams, John M. Hurst

Chapter 5 Evolution of Primitive Echinoderms Original Research Article
Pages 123-158
C.R.C. Paul

Chapter 6 Patterns and Themes of Evolution Among the Bryozoa Original Research Article
Pages 159-207
Thomas J.M. Schopf

Chapter 7 Trends, Rates, and Patterns of Evolution in the Bivalvia Original Research Article
Pages 209-250
Steven M. Stanley

Chapter 8 Ammonite Evolution Original Research Article
Pages 251-304
W.J. Kennedy

Chapter 9 Trilobites and Evolutionary Patterns Original Research Article
Pages 305-332
Niles Eldredge

Chapter 10 Patterns of Evolution in the Graptolites Original Research Article
Pages 333-358
R.B. Rickards

Chapter 11 Evolution of Trace Fossil Communities Original Research Article
Pages 359-376
Adolf Seilacher

Chapter 12 The Pattern of Diversification Among Fishes Original Research Article
Pages 377-404
Keith Stewart Thomson

Chapter 13 Patterns of Amphibian Evolution: An Extended Example of the Incompleteness of the Fossil Record Original Research Article
Pages 405-437
Robert L. Carroll

Chapter 14 Tetrapod Mass Extinctions — A Model of the Regulation of Speciation Rates and Immigration by Cycles of Topographic Diversity Original Research Article
Pages 439-468
R.T. Bakker

Chapter 15 Patterns of Evolution in the Mammalian Fossil Record Original Research Article
Pages 469-500
Philip D. Gingerich

Chapter 16 Patterns of Evolution in Early Angiosperms Original Research Article
Pages 501-546
James A. Doyle

Chapter 17 Patterns of Evolution: A Summary and Discussion Original Research Article
Pages 547-561
Thomas J.M. Schopf

Author Index
Pages 563-579

General Index
Pages 581-591