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Author:   Carole T. Gee (Associate Professor of Paleontology, University of Bonn) ,  Victoria E. McCoy (University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee) ,  P. Martin Sander
Publisher:   Johns Hopkins University Press
Imprint:   Johns Hopkins University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.40cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.522kg
ISBN:  

9781421440217

ISBN 10:   1421440210
Pages:   288
Publication Date:   25 May 2021
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Preface Carole T. Gee 1. Introduction to the Limits of the Fossil Record P. Martin Sander and Carole T. Gee 2. Organic Phase Preservation in Fossil Dinosaur and Other Tetrapod Bone from Deep Time: Extending the Probable Osteocyte Record to the Early Permian Kayleigh Wiersma, Sashima Läbe, and P. Martin Sander 3. Fossilization of Reproduction-Related Hard and Soft Tissues and Structures in Non-Avian Dinosaurs and Birds Tzu-Ruei Yang and Aurore Canoville 4. Raman Spectroscopy in Fossilization Research: Basic Principles, Applications in Paleontology, and a Case Study on an Acanthodian Fish Spine Thorsten Geisler and Martina Menneken 5. Ultrastructure to Biomolecular Composition: Taphonomic Patterns of Tissue Preservation in Arthropod Inclusions in Amber H. Jonas Barthel, Victoria E. McCoy, and Jes Rust 6. Experimental Silicification of Wood in the Lab and Field: Pivotal Studies and Open Questions Carole T. Gee and Moritz Liesegang 7. The Structure and Chemistry of Silica in Mineralized Wood: Techniques and Analysis Moritz Liesegang, Frank Tomaschek, and Jens Götze 8. Exceptional Fossilization of Ecological Interactions: Plant Defenses during the Four Major Expansions of Arthropod Herbivory in the Fossil Record Victoria E. McCoy, Torsten Wappler, and Conrad C. Labandeira 9. Color in Living and Fossil Plants: The Search for Biological Pigments in the Paleobotanical Record Carole T. Gee and Victoria E. McCoy 10. The Future of Fossilization Victoria E. McCoy Contributors Index

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What stood out is how readable these chapters are. [I] found that I could follow along with most chapters just fine. And some of this material is outright fascinating. * Inquisitive Biologist *

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Carole T. Gee is an associate professor of paleontology at the University of Bonn. She is the editor of Plants in Mesozoic Time: Morphological Innovations, Phylogeny, Ecosystems. Victoria E. McCoy is a visiting assistant professor of paleontology at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee. P. Martin Sander is a professor of vertebrate paleontology at the University of Bonn. He is the coeditor of The Microstructure of Reptilian Tooth Enamel: Terminology, Function, and Phylogeny and, with Gee, Biology of the Sauropod Dinosaurs: Understanding the Life of Giants.

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