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Index
Cover Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Contents
Introduction
Chapter 1: An Overview of Paleozoic Time
Paleozoic Life
Paleozoic Geography
Chapter 2: The Cambrian Period
The Cambrian Environment
Paleogeography
Paleoclimate
Cambrian Life
The Fossil Record of the Precambrian-Cambrian Transition
Photosynthetic Organisms
Fauna
Deposits with Soft-Bodied Organisms
Cambrian Extinction Events
Significant Cambrian Life-Forms
Burgess Shale
Conodonts
Denticles
Graptolites
Lamp Shells
Lingulids
Obolus
Stromatoporida
Trilobites
Cambrian Geology
Types and Distribution
The Boundaries and Subdivisions of the Cambrian System
The Economic Significance of Cambrian Deposits
The Correlation of Cambrian Strata
Stages of the Cambrian Period
Fortunian Stage
Drumian Stage
Guzhangian Stage
Paibian Stage
Chapter 3: The Ordovician Period
The Ordovician Environment
Paleogeography
Sea Level
The Circulation of the Ocean
Plate Tectonics
Paleoclimate
Ordovician Life
Marine Organisms
Microfossils and Plankton
Invertebrates
Early Fishes
Reefs
Terrestrial Organisms
Earliest Land Plants
Animals
The Ordovician Radiation
The Exploitation of Habitats
Causes of the Ordovician Radiation
Ordovician Extinction Events
The Mass Extinction at the End of the Ordovician
Regional Extinctions Within the Ordovician
Faunal Provinces
Significant Ordovician Life-Forms
Bellerophon
Bumastus
Byssonychia
Calymene
Ceraurus
Climacograptus
Clonograptus
Constellaria
Cryptolithus
Cryptostomata
Cystoids
Didymograptus
Diplograptus
Echinosphaerites
Favosites
Hallopora
Halysites
Hesperorthis
Horn Corals
Isotelus
Leptaena
Lituites
Lophospira
Loxonema
Maclurites
Modiolopsis
Neoprioniodiform
Phyllograptus
Platystrophia
Plectoceras
Prasopora
Resserella
Rhynchotrema
Streptelasma
Strophomena
Tabulata
Tetragraptus
Trepostomata
Trochonema
Ordovician Geology
Significant Geologic Events
The Economic Significance of Ordovician Deposits
The Major Subdivisions of the Ordovician System
The Correlation of Ordovician Strata
Stages of the Ordovician Period
Tremadocian Stage
Floian Stage
Dapingian Stage
Darriwilian Stage
Sandbian Stage
Katian Stage
Hirnantian Stage
Chapter 4: The Silurian Period
The Silurian Environment
Paleogeography
Laurentia
Baltica
Siberia, Kazakhstania, and Other Continents
Gondwana
Paleoclimate
Silurian Life
Pentamerid Communities
Reef Mounds and Coral Biostromes
Fishes
Vascular Land Plants
Silurian Extinction Events
Significant Silurian Life-Forms
Atrypa
Baragwanathia
Birkenia
Chonetes
Conchidium
Cyathocrinites
Cystiphyllum
Deiphon
Eospirifer
Giant Water Scorpions
Goniophora
Leptodesma
Monograptus
Nuculana
Ozarkodiniforms
Phacops
Platyceras
Preferns
Rhynchotreta
Silurian Geology
The Economic Significance of Silurian Deposits
The Major Subdivisions of the Silurian System
Significant Geologic Events
The Effects of Late Ordovician Glaciation
Silurian Sea Level
The Occurrence and Distribution of Silurian Deposits
Evaporites
Clastic Wedges
Platform Margins
Tillites
Volcanic Rocks
The Correlation of Silurian Strata
Graptolites
Brachiopods
Conodonts
Isotope Stratigraphy
Establishing Silurian Boundaries
The Work of Roderick Murchison and Other Researchers
Geochemical Analyses
Silurian Boundaries
Stages of the Silurian Period
Rhuddanian Stage
Aeronian Stage
Telychian Stage
Sheinwoodian Stage
Homerian Stage
Gorstian Stage
Ludfordian Stage
Pridoli Series
Chapter 5: The Devonian Period
The Devonian Environment
Paleogeography
Paleoclimate
Devonian Life
Invertebrates
Vertebrates
Plants
Faunal Realms and Migrations
Devonian Extinction Events
Significant Devonian Life-Forms
Ammonoids
Antiarchs
Archaeopteris
Arctolepis
Arthrodires
Bactrites
Bothriolepis
Cephalaspis
Cheirolepis
Cladoselache
Climatius
Dinichthys
Dipterus
Endothyra
Eusthenopteron
Greenops
Heliophyllum
Hyenia
Ichthyostega
Monoplacophorans
Mucrospirifer
Osteolepis
Ostracoderms
Palaeospondylus
Placoderms
Polygnathiforms
Pteraspis
Rensselaeria
Rhipidistia
Rhynie Plants
Schizodus
Sphenophyllum
Stringocephalus
Stropheodonta
Theodossia
Tiktaalik Roseae
Tornoceras
Trepospira
Tropidoleptus
Worthenia
Xenacanthus
Devonian Geology
Significant Geologic Events
The Economic Significance of Devonian Deposits
The Major Subdivisions of the Devonian System
Establishing Devonian Boundaries
The Occurrence and Distribution of Devonian Deposits
Sediment Types
Europe
Asia
Southern Hemisphere
North America
The Correlation of Devonian Strata
Stages of the Devonian Period
Lochkovian Stage
Pragian Stage
Emsian Stage
Eifelian Stage
Givetian Stage
Frasnian Stage
Famennian Stage
Chapter 6: The Carboniferous Period
The Carboniferous Environment
Paleogeography
Paleoclimate
Carboniferous Life
Invertebrates
Plants
Fishes
Amphibians and Early Reptiles
Significant Carboniferous Life-Forms
Calamites
Composita
Cordaitales
Cryptoblastus
Dictyoclostus
Dielasma
Diplovertebron
Edaphosaurus
Euphemites
Fenestella
Fusulina
Fusulinella
Fusulinids
Gastrioceras
Labyrinthodonts
Lebachia
Lepidodendron
Linoproductus
Lophophyllum
Myalina
Neospirifer
Nuculopsis
Pentremites
Phillipsia
Platycrinites
Seed Ferns
Sigillaria
Wedekindellina
Carboniferous Geology
Significant Geologic Events
The Major Subdivisions of the Carboniferous System
The Economic Significance of Carboniferous Deposits
The Occurrence and Distribution of Carboniferous Deposits
Mississippian Limestones
Pennsylvanian Cyclothems, Tillites, and Turbidites
The Correlation of Carboniferous Strata
Mississippian Subsystem
Pennsylvanian Subsystem
Stages of the Carboniferous Period
Mississippian Subperiod
Tournaisian Stage
Viséan Stage
Serpukhovian Stage
Pennsylvanian Subperiod
Bashkirian Stage
Moscovian Stage
Kasimovian Stage
Gzhelian Stage
Chapter 7: The Permian Period
The Permian Environment
Paleogeography
Paleoclimate
Permian Life
The Emergence of Important Reptiles
Permian Mass Extinction
Temperature Crises and the Permian Extinction
The Alteration of the Carbon Cycle
Other Potential Causes of the Permian Extinction
Significant Permian Life-Forms
Bradysaurus
Cacops
Captorhinus
Cynodonts
Diadectes
Dimetrodon
Eryops
Glossopteris
Leptodus
Limnoscelis
Mesosaurus
Moschops
Parafusulina
Paraschwagerina
Pseudoschwagerina
Schwagerina
Seymouria
Tapinocephalus
Venyukovia
Permian Geology
The Major Subdivisions of the Permian System
The Economic Significance of Permian Deposits
The Occurrence and Distribution of Permian Deposits
Carbonate Provinces
Sediments in Tectonically Active Regions
Limestone
Basin Sedimentation
The Correlation of Permian Strata
Delineating the Major Boundaries and Subdivisions of the Permian System
Later Work
The Permian-Triassic Boundary
Stages of the Permian Period
Asselian Stage
Sakmarian Stage
Artinskian Stage
Kungurian Stage
Roadian Stage
Wordian Stage
Capitanian Stage
Wuchiapingian Stage
Changhsingian Stage
Conclusion
Glossary
For Further Reading
Index
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