Vertebrate Microfossil Assemblages: Their Role in Paleoecology and Paleobiogeography

This volume presents state-of-the-art papers on important topics and methods in the analysis of vertebrate microfossil assemblages. The minute remains of animals and plants have proven very useful to paleontologists as tools for dating large fossils, describing the environments which existed at the time the fossils were deposited, and identifying and mapping the extent of local floras and faunas, among other things. Due to the large sample sizes that can be obtained, the chance to recover rare taxa is much higher than it is during a search for skeletal remains. Analysis of the data produced from microvertebrate localities can address a wide range of questions as these papers clearly demonstrate.

Author: Julia T. Sankey
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: 04/17/2008
Pages: 296
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.71lbs
Size: 10.00h x 7.55w x 0.85d
ISBN: 9780253349279

Review Citation(s):
Chronicle of Higher Education 10/24/2008 pg. 21

About the Author

Julia T. Sankey is Associate Professor of Geology in the Department of Physics and Geology at California State University in Stanislaus.

Sven Baszio is a paleontologist at the University of Bonn, Germany.