Paleobiology, Evolution and Fossil References

Paleobiology, Evolution and Fossil References

Paleobiology References

Benton M. J. and Donoghue, P. C. J. (2007). "Paleontological Evidence to Date the Tree of Life". Molecular Biology and Evolution 24 (1): 26–53.

Quaternary

McBrearty, S.; N. G. Jablonski (2005-09-01). "First fossil chimpanzee". Nature 437 (7055): 105–8.

Neogene

Brunet et al. (2002) "A new hominid from the Upper Miocene of Chad, Central Africa" Nature: Vol. 418: Pages 145-151.

Cretaceous

Ruben, J. A. and Jones, T. D. (2000). "Selective Factors Associated with the Origin of Fur and Feathers". American Zoologist 40 (4): 585–596.
Crepet, W. L. (November 2000). "Progress in understanding angiosperm history, success, and relationships: Darwin's abominably "perplexing phenomenon"". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 97 (24): 12939–12941.
Sun, G., Ji, Q., Dilcher, D.L., Zheng, S., Nixon, K.C., Wang, X. (2002). "Archaefructaceae, a New Basal Angiosperm Family". Science 296 (5569): 899–904.
Hoell, H.V., Doyen, J.T. & Purcell, A.H. (1998). Introduction to Insect Biology and Diversity, 2nd ed. Oxford University Press. p. 320.

Jurassic

Hu, D.; Hou, L.; Zhang, L. & Xu, X. (2009). "A pre-Archaeopteryx troodontid theropod from China with long feathers on the metatarsus". Nature 461 (7264): 640–643.
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Kaila, Lauri; Marko Mutanen; Tommi Nyman (27 August 2011). "Phylogeny of the mega-diverse Gelechioidea (Lepidoptera): Adaptations and determinants of success". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 61 (3): 801–809.
San Mauro, Diego; Vences, Miguel; Alcobendas, Marina; Zardoya, Rafael; Meyer, Axel (2005). "Initial diversification of living amphibians predated the breakup of Pangaea". The American Naturalist 165 (5): 590–599.
Riggs, E.S. (1091). "The largest known dinosaur". Science 13 (327): 549–550.
Wedel, M.J. (2003). "The evolution of vertebral pneumaticity in sauropod dinosaurs." Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 23:344-357.
Godefroit, Pascal; Cau, Andrea; Hu, Dong-Yu; Escuillié, François; Wu, Wenhao; Dyke, Gareth (2013). "A Jurassic avialan dinosaur from China resolves the early phylogenetic history of birds". Nature.
Thorne, B.L.; Grimaldi, DA & Krishna, K (January 1, 2001) [1st. Pub. 2000]. "Early fossil history of the termites". In Abe, D.E; Bignell & Higashi, M. Termites: evolution, sociality, symbioses, ecology. Kluwer Academic Publishers. pp. 77–93.
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Triassic

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Hochuli, P. A.; Feist-Burkhardt, S. (2013). "Angiosperm-like pollen and Afropollis from the Middle Triassic (Anisian) of the Germanic Basin (Northern Switzerland)". Front. Plant Sci. 4: 344.
Baumiller, Tomasz K. (2008). "Crinoid Ecological Morphology". Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences 36: 221.

Carboniferous

van Tuinen M, Hadly EA. Error in estimation of rate and inferred from the early amniote fossil record and avian molecular clocks. J Mol Evol 2004;59:267-276.

Permian

Sahney, S. and Benton, M.J. (2008). "Recovery from the most profound mass extinction of all time". Proceedings of the Royal Society B 275 (1636): 759–65.

Devonian

Michael S. Engel & David A. Grimaldi (2004). "New light shed on the oldest insect". Nature 427 (6975): 627–630.

Silurian

D. Edwards; Feehan, J. (1980). "Records of Cooksonia-type sporangia from late Wenlock strata in Ireland". Nature 287 (5777): 41–42.
Jeffrey D. Palmer, Douglas E. Soltis and Mark W. Chase (2004). "The plant tree of life: an overview and some points of view". American Journal of Botany 91 (10): 1437–1445.
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Ordovician References:

Feng-Sheng Xia, et al., The oldest bryozoans: new evidence from the late Tremadocian (Early Ordovician) of East Yangtze Gorges, Journal of Paleontology 81(6):1308-1326. 2007
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Fuchs, J.; Obst, M; Sundberg, P (July 2009). "The first comprehensive molecular phylogeny of Bryozoa (Ectoprocta) based on combined analyses of nuclear and mitochondrial genes". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 52 (1): 225–233.
Simon J. Braddy, Markus Poschmann & O. Erik Tetlie (2008). "Giant claw reveals the largest ever arthropod". Biology Letters 4 (1): 106–109.
Heather M. Wilson & Lyall I. Anderson (2004). "Morphology and taxonomy of Paleozoic millipedes (Diplopoda: Chilognatha: Archipolypoda) from Scotland". Journal of Paleontology 78 (1): 169–184.

Cambrian References:

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Precambrian References:

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Yoko Ohtomo, Takeshi Kakegawa, Akizumi Ishida, Toshiro Nagase, Minik T. Rosing (8 December 2013). "Evidence for biogenic graphite in early Archaean Isua metasedimentary rocks". Nature Geoscience
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Cambrian Explosion References:

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Chengjiang Biota

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Domains and Kingdoms of Life References:

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Endosymbiosis References:

Evolution References:

Stromatolite References:

Anbar A, Knoll A, Proterozoic ocean chemistry and evolution: a bioinorganic bridge? Science. 2002 Aug 16;297(5584):1137-42.
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Bear Gulch Formation

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Hardistiella montanensis
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Acanthodes lundi
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Debeerius ellefseni
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Harpacanthus fimbriatus
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Family Gregoriidae
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Belantsea montana and Petalodonts
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Polyrhizodus digitatus
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Delphyodontos
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Harpacanthus fimbriatus
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Delphyodontos dacriformes
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Harpagofututor
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