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Species and Speciation in the Fossil Record (Hardcover)
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Species and Speciation in the Fossil Record (Hardcover)
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Although the species is one of the fundamental units of biological
classification, there is remarkably little consensus among
biologists about what defines a species, even within distinct
sub-disciplines. The literature of paleobiology, in particular, is
littered with qualifiers and cautions about applying the term to
the fossil record or equating such species with those recognized
among living organisms. In Species and Speciation in the Fossil
Record, experts in the field examine how they conceive of species
of fossil animals and consider the implications these different
approaches have for thinking about species in the context of
macroevolution. After outlining views of the Modern Synthesis of
evolutionary disciplines and detailing the development within
paleobiology of quantitative methods for documenting and analyzing
variation within fossil assemblages, contributors explore the
challenges of recognizing and defining species from fossil
specimens and offer potential solutions. Addressing both the tempo
and mode of speciation over time, they show how with careful
interpretation and a clear species concept, fossil species may be
sufficiently robust for meaningful paleobiological analyses.
Indeed, they demonstrate that the species concept, if more refined,
could unearth a wealth of information about the interplay between
species origins and extinctions, between local and global climate
change, and greatly deepen our understanding of the evolution of
life.
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