The Paleobiological Revolution

Acknowledgments

Introduction: Paleontology at the High Table

            Michael Ruse and David Sepkoski

Part I: Major Innovations in Paleobiology

1.  The Emergence of Paleobiology

            David Sepkoski

2. The Fossil Record: Biological or Geological Signal?

            Michael J. Benton

3. Biogeography and Evolution in the Early Paleozoic

            Richard A. Fortey

4. The Discovery of Conodont Anatomy and Its Importance for Understanding the Early History of Vertebrates

            Richard J. Aldridge and Derek E. J. Briggs

5. Emergence of Precambrian Paleobiology: A New Field of Science

J. William Schopf

6. Dinosaurs at the Table

            John R. Horner

7. Ladders, Bushes, Punctuations, and Clades: Hominid Paleobiology in the Late Twentieth Century

            Tim White

8.  Punctuated Equilibria and Speciation: What Does It Mean to Be a Darwinian?

            Patricia Princehouse

9.  Molecular Evolution vis-à-vis Paleontology

Francisco J. Ayala

Part II: The Historical and Conceptual Significance of Recent Paleontology

10.  Beyond Detective Work: Empirical Testing in Paleontology

            Derek Turner

11. Taxic Paleobiology and the Pursuit of a Unified Evolutionary Theory

Todd A. Grantham

12. Ideas in Dinosaur Paleontology:  Resonating to Social, Political, and Popular Context

            David E. Fastovsky

13. Reg Sprigg and the Discovery of the Ediacara Fauna in South Australia: Its Approach to the High Table

            Susan Turner and David Oldroyd

14. The Morphological Tradition in German Paleontology: Otto Schindewolf, Walter Zimmermann, and Adolf Seilacher

Manfred D. Laubichler and Karl J. Niklas

15.  “Radical” or “Conservative”? The Origin and Early Reception of Punctuated Equilibrium

            David Sepkoski

16.  The Shape of Evolution: The MBL Model and Clade Shape

John Huss

17.  Ritual Patricide: Why Stephen Jay Gould assassinated George Gaylord Simpson

Joe Cain

18.  The Consensus That Changed the Paleobiological World

            Arnold I. Miller

Part III: Reflections on Recent Paleobiology

19.  The Infusion of Biology into Paleontological Research

James W. Valentine

20. From Empirical Paleoecology to Evolutionary Paleobiology: A Personal Journey

            Richard Bambach

21.  Intellectual Evolution Across an Academic Landscape

Rebecca Z. German

22. The Problem of Punctuational Speciation and Trends in the Fossil Record

            Anthony Hallam

23. Punctuated Equilibrium versus Community Evolution

            Arthur J. Boucot

24. An Interview with David M. Raup

            Edited by David Sepkoski and David M. Raup

25.  Paleontology in the Twenty-First Century

            David Jablonski

26. Punctuations and Paradigms: Has Paleobiology Been through a Paradigm Shift?

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Subjects

• Biological Sciences: Biology--Systematics
• Biological Sciences: Evolutionary Biology
• Biological Sciences: Natural History
• Biological Sciences: Paleobiology, Geology, and Paleontology
• Earth Sciences: General Earth Sciences
• Earth Sciences: Geology
• Earth Sciences: History of Earth Sciences
• Earth Sciences: Paleontology
• History of Science

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