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Swaby (editors)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePages: 428\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIssue: SP48\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYear published: 2015\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Paleontological Research Institution","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":33190929596548,"sku":"","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0302\/1504\/5252\/products\/item_LargeImage_5801.jpg?v=1585851248"},{"product_id":"toward-a-history-of-the-paleozoic-asteroidea-echinodermata","title":"394 Toward a History of the Paleozoic Asteroidea (Echinodermata)","description":"\u003ch2 itemprop=\"name\"\u003eToward a History of the Paleozoic Asteroidea (Echinodermata) - BAP #394\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eExisting taxonomic and evolutionary interpretations of stem-group (Paleozoic) Asteroidea differ significantly. 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Aspects of Paleozoic stem group diversification were later mirrored by the Ambuloasteroidea, balancing adaptations for protection against demands of active life modes. The families Lacertasteridae, Permasteridae, and Illusioluididae are new.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDaniel B. 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Ammonoid biostratigraphy based on 408 specimens representing 23 genera and 50 species indicates the presence of the Whiteavesi, Freboldi, Kunae, and Carlottense zones of the Pliensbachian and the Kanense Zone of the lower Toarcian. 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Based mostly on teeth, 19 shark species, 16 skate and ray species, and one ratfish species were recognized. Of those, three taxa are new.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFox Hills fishes were derived from deep and shallow marine, brackish, and freshwater habitats. When coupled with paleogeographic distribution information, the Fox Hills fish fauna indicates that some taxa represent a recurring assemblage of species that have a “large-river delta” habitat preference, as found today on major deltas of most continents.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Fox Hills paleofauna documents fish extinction at the close of the Cretaceous. None of the 36 chondrichthyan species and none of the 20 osteichthyan species recovered from the Fox Hills Formation are found in the Paleocene worldwide. 58% of Fox Hills chondrichthyan and 77% of osteichthyan genera, and 20% of chondrichthyan and 33% of osteichthyan families, did not survive after the Cretaceous. Support for this interpretation is provided by comparison of the Fox Hills paleofauna to the Paleocene Cannonball Formation paleofauna in North Dakota. None of the 13 Cannonball chondrichthyan species, nor any of the four Cannonball osteichthyan species, occur in the Fox Hills Formation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJohn W. Hoganson, J. Mark Erickson, and F. D. 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Hall was hired by the state of New York in 1836 to assist in the geological survey of western New York, and he remained employed with the state of New York throughout his entire life. His initial responsibilities included mapping the richly fossiliferous Silurian and Devonian strata of western New York, but his work extended throughout North America. Hall helped to take North American geology from its infancy to a discipline comparable to contemporary geology in Western Europe. Today, he is best known as one of the earliest paleontologists to work in eastern North America. He was, however, also a pioneer in establishing stratigraphic nomenclature usage for North America, developing principles of deformation and isostasy, publishing on geosynclinal models, as well as initiating scientific inquiry on many other geologic topics. 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This is the most comprehensive list of Hall publications amassed and includes monographs, journal articles, maps, abstracts, discussions of papers, records of comments at meetings, popular articles, and newspaper items. This bibliography will be of considerable use both to paleontologists needing to establish the date of publication of names of taxa described by Hall and to historians who want to reconstruct the early development of North American geology and paleontology.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-description\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlan Stanley Horowitz, Matthew H. Nitecki, and Doris V. Nitecki; edited by William I. 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