ABSTRACT

Evolution of Fossil Ecosystems describes all of the main Fossil Lagerstätten (sites of exceptional fossil preservation) from around the world in a chronological order. It covers the history of research, stratigraphy and taphonomy, main faunal and floral elements, and the palaeoecology of each site and gives a comparison with coeval sites around the w

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Contents

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Acknowledgements

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Abbreviations

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Foreword

chapter |4 pages

Introduction

chapter 1|10 pages

Ediacara

chapter 2|11 pages

The Burgess Shale

chapter 3|10 pages

Chengjiang

chapter 4|11 pages

The Soom Shale

chapter 5|10 pages

The Herefordshire Nodules

chapter 6|12 pages

The Hunsrück Slate

chapter 7|15 pages

The Rhynie Chert

chapter 8|14 pages

Mazon Creek

chapter 9|19 pages

Karoo

chapter 10|10 pages

Grès à Voltzia

chapter 11|11 pages

The Holzmaden Shale

chapter 12|12 pages

The Morrison Formation

chapter 13|12 pages

The Solnhofen Limestone

chapter 14|15 pages

The Jehol Group

chapter 15|19 pages

El Montsec and Las Hoyas

chapter 16|17 pages

The Santana and Crato Formations

chapter 17|13 pages

Grube Messel

chapter 18|11 pages

The White River Group

chapter 19|15 pages

Baltic Amber

chapter 20|10 pages

Rancho La Brea