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Integration of research experiences into the undergraduate
classroom can result in increased recruitment, retention, and
motivation of science students. 'Big data' science initiatives,
such as the Paleobiology Database (PBDB), can provide inexpensive
and accessible research opportunities. This Element provides an
introduction to what the PBDB is, how to use it, how it can be
deployed in introductory and advanced courses, and examples of how
it has been used in undergraduate research. The PBDB aims to
provide information on all fossil organisms, across the tree of
life, around the world, and through all of geologic time. The PBDB
Resource Page contains a range of PBDB tutorials and activities for
use in physical geology, historical geology, paleontology,
sedimentology, and stratigraphy courses. As two-year colleges,
universities, and distance-based learning initiatives seek
research-based alternatives to traditional lab exercises, the PBDB
can provide opportunities for hands-on science activities.
This second volume completes the unique survey of North American
Tertiary mammals, and covers all the remaining taxa not contained
in Volume 1. It provides a complete listing of mammalian diversity
over time and space, and evaluates the effect of biogeography and
climatic change on evolutionary patterns and faunal transitions,
with the distribution in time and space of each taxon laid out in a
standardized format. It contains six summary chapters that
integrate systematic and biogeographic information for higher taxa,
and provides a detailed account of the patterns of occurrence for
different species at hundreds of different fossil localities, with
the inclusion of many more localities than were contained in the
first volume. With over thirty chapters, each written by leading
authorities, and an addendum that updates the occurrence and
systematics of all of the groups covered in Volume 1, this will be
a valuable reference for paleontologists and zoologists.
This second volume completes the unique survey of North American
Tertiary mammals, and covers all the remaining taxa not contained
in Volume 1. It provides a complete listing of mammalian diversity
over time and space, and evaluates the effect of biogeography and
climatic change on evolutionary patterns and faunal transitions,
with the distribution in time and space of each taxon laid out in a
standardized format. It contains six summary chapters that
integrate systematic and biogeographic information for higher taxa,
and provides a detailed account of the patterns of occurrence for
different species at hundreds of different fossil localities, with
the inclusion of many more localities than were contained in the
first volume. With over thirty chapters, each written by leading
authorities, and an addendum that updates the occurrence and
systematics of all of the groups covered in Volume 1, this will be
a valuable reference for paleontologists and zoologists.
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