Breathtaking in scope, this is the first survey of the entire ecological history of life on land—
from the earliest traces of terrestrial organisms over 400 million years ago to the beginning …

Angiosperms first appeared in northern Gondwana during the Early Cretaceous,
approximately 135 million years ago. Several authors have hypothesised that the origin of …

Describes the study of dinosaur tracks as a means for understanding how and where
dinosaurs lived, and discusses myths and misconceptions about dinosaurs. Tracking …

Calibrating levels of time resolution that are accessible in the fossil record is important in
understanding what evolutionary phenomena can be profitably studied using fossils. A …

Actualistic experiments have quantified rate of anaerobic decay and associated
mineralization around proteinaceous macro-organisms. Carcasses of the polychaete worm …

Two taphonomic modes for attritional vertebrate assemblages in channels are proposed,
based on the sedimentary context of the vertebrate remains and taphonomic features of the …

Leaves are a plant's direct means of interacting with the atmosphere, and their morphology
is often attuned to and reflects prevailing environmental conditions. Although better …

Many paleoecological analyses utilize estimates of the relative abundances of taxa in fossil
or subfossil assemblages. Such estimates depend upon determination of the number of …

Seventy-five types of ichnofossils documented during a four-year reconnaissance study in
the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation demonstrate that highly diverse and abundant …

Finite element analysis (FEA) is used by industrial designers and biomechanicists to
estimate the performance of engineered structures or human skeletal and soft tissues …