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Ammonoid Paleobiology: From macroevolution to paleogeography

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Editors:
  1. Christian Klug

    1. Paläontologisches Institut und Museum, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

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  2. Dieter Korn

    1. Leibniz-Institut für Evolutions und Biodiversitätsforschung, Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin, Germany

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  3. Kenneth De Baets

    1. GeoZentrum Nordbayern, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany

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  4. Isabelle Kruta

    1. Division of Paleontology, American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA

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  5. Royal H. Mapes

    1. North Carolina Museum of Natural Science, Raleigh, USA

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  • Enhances our understanding of ammonoids
  • Excellent reference book on this most important macroscopic group of index fossils
  • Reflects the panel of ammonoid workers present nowadays in academia Includes unpublished specimens, data and results
  • Contains new information from tomographic data obtained both from computer tomography and grinding tomography
  • Of special interest in the studies of shell morphology, ontogeny, buoyancy, mode of life, and ultimately evolution
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Topics in Geobiology (TGBI, volume 44)

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Table of contents (20 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxi
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  2. Macroevolution

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Ancestry, Origin and Early Evolution of Ammonoids

      • Christian Klug, Björn Kröger, Jakob Vinther, Dirk Fuchs, Kenneth De Baets
      Pages 3-24

    3. Evolutionary Trends of Triassic Ammonoids

      • Claude Monnet, Arnaud Brayard, Morgane Brosse
      Pages 25-50

    4. Evolutionary Trends within Jurassic Ammonoids

      • Pascal Neige, Isabelle Rouget
      Pages 51-66

    5. Buckman’s Rules of Covariation

      • Claude Monnet, Kenneth De Baets, Margaret M. Yacobucci
      Pages 67-94

    6. Evolutionary Patterns of Ammonoids: Phenotypic Trends, Convergence, and Parallel Evolution

      • Claude Monnet, Christian Klug, Kenneth De Baets
      Pages 95-142

  3. Paleobiogeography of Ammonoids

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 143-143
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    2. Biogeography of Paleozoic Ammonoids

      • Dieter Korn, Kenneth De Baets
      Pages 145-161

    3. Biogeography of Triassic Ammonoids

      • Arnaud Brayard, Gilles Escarguel, Claude Monnet, James F Jenks, Hugo Bucher
      Pages 163-187

    4. Macroevolution and Paleobiogeography of Jurassic-Cretaceous Ammonoids

      • Margaret M. Yacobucci
      Pages 189-228

    5. Paleobiogeography of Early Cretaceous Ammonoids

      • Jens Lehmann, Christina Ifrim, Luc Bulot, Camille Frau
      Pages 229-257

    6. Paleobiogeography of Late Cretaceous Ammonoids

      • Christina Ifrim, Jens Lehmann, Peter Ward
      Pages 259-274

  4. Ammonoids Through Time

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 275-275
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    2. Ammonoids and Quantitative Biochronology—A Unitary Association Perspective

      • Claude Monnet, Arnaud Brayard, Hugo Bucher
      Pages 277-298

    3. Paleozoic Ammonoid Biostratigraphy

      • Dieter Korn, Christian Klug
      Pages 299-328

    4. Biostratigraphy of Triassic Ammonoids

      • James F. Jenks, Claude Monnet, Marco Balini, Arnaud Brayard, Maximiliano Meier
      Pages 329-388

    5. Ammonoid Biostratigraphy in the Jurassic

      • Günter Schweigert
      Pages 389-402

    6. Ammonite Biostratigraphy of the Cretaceous—An Overview

      • Jens Lehmann
      Pages 403-429

    7. Taxonomic Diversity and Morphological Disparity of Paleozoic Ammonoids

      • Dieter Korn, Christian Klug, Sonny A. Walton
      Pages 431-464
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About this book

​This two-volume work is a testament to the abiding interest and human fascination with ammonites. We offer a new model to explain the morphogenesis of septa and the shell, we explore their habitats by the content of stable isotopes in their shells, we discuss the origin and later evolution of this important clade, and we deliver hypotheses on its demise. The Ammonoidea produced a great number of species that can be used in biostratigraphy and possibly, this is the macrofossil group, which has been used the most for that purpose. Nevertheless, many aspects of their anatomy, mode of life, development or paleobiogeographic distribution are still poorly known.  

Themes treated are biostratigraphy, paleoecology, paleoenvironment, paleobiogeography, evolution, phylogeny, and ontogeny. Advances such as an explosion of new information about ammonites, new technologies such as isotopic analysis, tomography and virtual paleontology in general, as well as continuous discovery of new fossil finds have given us the opportunity to present a comprehensive and timely "state of the art" compilation. Moreover, it also points the way for future studies to further enhance our understanding of this endlessly fascinating group of organisms.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Paläontologisches Institut und Museum, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

    Christian Klug

  • Leibniz-Institut für Evolutions und Biodiversitätsforschung, Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin, Germany

    Dieter Korn

  • GeoZentrum Nordbayern, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany

    Kenneth De Baets

  • Division of Paleontology, American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA

    Isabelle Kruta

  • North Carolina Museum of Natural Science, Raleigh, USA

    Royal H. Mapes

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Ammonoid Paleobiology: From macroevolution to paleogeography

  • Editors: Christian Klug, Dieter Korn, Kenneth De Baets, Isabelle Kruta, Royal H. Mapes

  • Series Title: Topics in Geobiology

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-9633-0

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2015

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-94-017-9632-3Published: 04 August 2015

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-024-0435-7Published: 23 October 2016

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-017-9633-0Published: 22 July 2015

  • Series ISSN: 0275-0120

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXI, 605

  • Number of Illustrations: 119 b/w illustrations, 57 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Paleontology, Evolutionary Biology, Invertebrates, Zoology

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