{"title":"Books","description":"\u003cp\u003ePRI has been a publisher since our beginning in 1932. We have published a variety of books for audiences ranging from children to avocational naturalists to academic scholars. Many of these are related to the science of paleontology or the natural history of central New York State; others are focused on Earth science education.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWe also publish the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem class=\"pub\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/pri-gift-shop.myshopify.com\/collections\/bulletins-of-american-paleontology\"\u003eBulletins of American Paleontology\u003c\/a\u003e,\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e a scholarly journal devoted to the science of systematic paleontology. First published in 1895, BAP is the oldest continuously-published paleontology periodical in North America. Additional details about BAP are available here.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor more information or questions about any PRI publications, please email us at \u003cspan id=\"cloakb49bb03df45a4280d5ce3a70283ab079\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"mailto:publications@priweb.org\"\u003epublications@priweb.org\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"daring-to-dig","title":"Daring to Dig","description":"\u003ch2\u003eDaring to Dig: Women in American Paleontology\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBY BETH STRICKER; ILLUSTRATIONS BY ALANA MCGILLIS\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eScience is a human endeavor. As a result, the history of science is punctuated by stories of human triumph at its greatest, and stories of ignorance and repression at its worst. The stories found within the careers of women paleontologists throughout the history of the discipline contain both.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWomen have played a critical role in the development of the science of paleontology in America, but for many years their accomplishments have been overshadowed by those of men. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem class=\"pub\"\u003eDaring to Dig\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e highlights the adventures and research achievements of a dozen women paleontologists, both from the past century and active today. The challenges they faced—both societal and scientific—are explored through a series of colorfully illustrated vignettes, as are their successes in overcoming these challenges. This book shows children that paleontology is a science for everyone, and also introduces them to a variety of ancient organisms that are commonly missing from children's books about prehistoric life.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Paleontological Research Institution","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":31583561875588,"sku":"","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0302\/1504\/5252\/products\/item_LargeImage_5816.png?v=1585339372"},{"product_id":"gorges-history-landscapes-and-geology-of-the-finger-lakes-region","title":"Gorges History: Landscapes and Geology of the Finger Lakes Region","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"product-description\"\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eGorges History: Landscapes and Geology of the Finger Lakes Region\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eF\u003c\/span\u003eormer Cornell Professor Arthur Bloom takes the reader on an exploration of the unique landscape of the Finger Lakes Region—a combination of deep lakes, numerous waterfalls, unusual hills, salt deposits, and gorges—that holds a fascination for both its residents and the thousands of annual visitors who make upper New York State a destination each year.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHere the geological history of this “gorges” landscape is told by Cornell University master teacher Art Bloom (1928 - 2017), who introduced generations of students and curious individuals of all ages to the story behind the region’s beautiful scenery, its glacial history, and its world-class examples of many landforms: drumlins, through valleys, bedrock-cut channels, and more. The first five chapters provide overviews of the regional geology, as well as important terms and concepts. Gorges History concludes with a series of site-specific descriptions of places in the area that you can visit to learn even more. Most of the illustrations, photographs, and maps published in the book may be viewed and downloaded\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.priweb.org\/science-education-programs-and-resources\/gorges-history?rq=gorges%20history\"\u003ehere\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eArthur L. Bloom\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePages: 214\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIssue: SP55\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYear published: 2018\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Paleontological Research Institution","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":33000658862212,"sku":"","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0302\/1504\/5252\/products\/Bloom-GorgesHistory-Cover-Promotional.jpg?v=1585339867"},{"product_id":"field-guide-to-the-cayuga-lake-region","title":"Field Guide to the Cayuga Lake Region","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"product-description\"\u003e\n\u003ch2 itemprop=\"name\"\u003eField Guide to the Cayuga Lake Region: Its Flora, Fauna, and Geology, 2nd ed.\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Cayuga Lake region abounds with a great diversity of plant and animal species. Many of these are commonly encountered during outdoor adventures in this beautiful area of Central New York. Native species that have made this region their home for thousands of years intermingle with recently introduced “alien” invaders from other parts of the world, all contributing to the modern ecology of the woods, fields, streams, and gorges that surround Cayuga Lake.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis book will help you to identify and learn more about over 300 of these species—including fungi, plants, and animals—as well as commonly encountered fossil remains of organisms that lived in a sea that covered this region 370 million years ago.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJames Dake\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePages: 136\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIssue:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYear published: 2018\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Paleontological Research Institution","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":33066578116740,"sku":"","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0302\/1504\/5252\/products\/cayugafieldguide-secondedition-cover.jpg?v=1585580130"},{"product_id":"smith-woods","title":"Smith Woods: An Environmental History","description":"\u003ch2 itemprop=\"name\"\u003eSmith Woods: The Environmental History of an Old Growth Forest Remnant in Central New York State; Second Edition\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-short-description\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-short-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"product-description\"\u003eThis book is the story of how a little forest near Trumansburg, NY — known as Smith Woods — came to be, and how it persisted through the years when other old-growth forests met their demise by the axe and saw. Combining perspectives from geology, ecology, history, and anthropology, the authors weave a narrative history of the many influences — human and non-human — that have shaped this patch of land over the past 20,000 years since it emerged from the last glacial period. It is the story not just of Smith Woods, but of the forests that once covered almost all of northeastern North America.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"product-description\"\u003eWarren D. Allmon, Marvin P. Pritts, Peter L. Marks, Blake P. Epstein, David A. Bullis, Kurt A. Jordan\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePaperback; 204 pages\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIssue: SP59\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYear published: 2017. Second Edition 2021.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Paleontological Research Institution","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":33066670030980,"sku":"","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0302\/1504\/5252\/products\/SmithWoods-SecondEdition-Cover.png?v=1635800893"},{"product_id":"a-paleontological-life-the-personal-memoirs-of-curt-teichert","title":"A Paleontological Life: The Personal Memoirs of Curt Teichert","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"product-description\"\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eA Paleontological Life: The Personal Memoirs of Curt Teichert\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCurt Teichert (1905 - 1996) — paleontologist, stratigrapher, editor, mentor, scholar — was a major influence on 20th century Earth science through his research, professional service, and teaching. In these previously unpublished Memoirs, spanning more than 60 years, he relates dramatic accounts of his long and fascinating career, from Arctic fieldwork in the early 1930s, escaping Nazi Germany and the Holocaust, working in the American West and Australian outback, cooperating with Iranian, Pakistani, and Afghan colleagues in the days before terrorism, and the founding of international paleontological societies and the Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology. Born in East Prussia, Teichert worked and lived in all corners of the Earth. In addition to becoming a world authority on fossil cephalopods, he published on topics from Gondwanan geology to fossil reefs, and described more than 280 new species, from plants to crinoids to ichthyosaurs. Through his own words, and those of others, his story is one of exploration, dedication, and love of A Paleontological Life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e“Science is man-made ... you cannot fully understand current scientific concepts and theories until you know something of their history and of the men who developed them.”\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e— Curt Teichert\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePaula Mikkelsen, J. 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Although a large body of literature has been devoted to these fossils, most of this is not readily accessible to the non-professional fossil enthusiast. This volume, combining the best of modern paleontology with the classic illustrations of James Hall, John Clarke, Amadeus Grabau, and Winifred Goldring, fills that need. In all, 408 taxa are covered, spanning the rich taxonomic breadth of New York’s Devonian strata.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"book_quote\"\u003e“This is a welcome replacement for the ever-popular and out of print Devonian Paleontology of New York (PRI, 1994) by David Linsley. The historical notes on early New York Devonian paleontologists are an interesting read and the section on facies — while short — gives useful background. An aspect that I particularly like is the brief summaries of diagnostic\/typical features of each species; these are quite helpful for those who want to dig a bit more deeply into what makes taxa distinctive beyond the gestalt appearance. A great many amateurs, students, and professionals will find this a highly useful sourcebook.” — Carlton E. Brett, Professor of Geology, University of Cincinnati\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKarl A. Wilson\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePages: 260\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIssue: SP44\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYear published: 2014\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Paleontological Research Institution","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":33066811850884,"sku":"","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0302\/1504\/5252\/products\/fossilguide.jpg?v=1585580919"},{"product_id":"the-science-beneath-the-surface-a-very-short-guide-to-the-marcellus-shale","title":"The Science Beneath the Surface: A Very Short Guide to the Marcellus Shale","description":"\u003ch2\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Science Beneath the Surface: A Very Short Guide to the Marcellus Shale\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Marcellus Shale — a vast rock formation that holds a huge reservoir of natural gas — is at the center of one of the most controversial natural resources issues of our time. This is primarily because of the unconventional method used to extract gas from the shale — slickwater horizontal high-volume hydraulic fracturing, or hydrofracking. Concerns about how widespread use of the practice will affect the natural environment — most especially freshwaters at the local level and climate at the global level — have thrust geology into the public view in a way seldom otherwise experienced. This book reviews the major science and technology issues around this complex topic, offering impartial, evidence-based, thought-provoking information to help citizens decide what to do.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDon Duggan-Haas, Robert M. Ross, Warren D. 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No two places share exactly the same sequence of events that led to the way they are today. In this sense, Earth science is a subject to be explored in one's own neighborhood, examining the detailed sequence of rocks for the history that has gone on under our feet. Through chapters on rocks, fossils, geological history, minerals, and more, this volume explores the Southwestern United States. 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The fauna, a transported assemblage from a marine littoral environment, encompasses a mix of specimen types from large wave-worn individuals to the smallest unworn ornamented species. Following the discovery of this fauna, further field work was undertaken and other Seguin localities with different depositional environments were found and collections made from those sites. Finally, a further suite of specimens was examined within the Texas Natural Science Center, some from localities no longer in existence or now lost. The environment is transitional in character from the deeper water Midway to the nonmarine environment of the chiefly terrestrial Texas Wilcox deposits, and represents the last major marine transgression in this area prior to the Eocene.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-description\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-description\"\u003eThe fauna is a mix of that derived from early Paleocene and Cretaceous taxa as well as elements that appear to originate from western Africa, the Tethyan region, and the western coast of America. The inferred species' habitat includes a near-shore open marine element, a probable lagoonal component, and brackish water elements. From the 115 molluscan taxa recognized, six have not been recognized to date in sediments later than the Cretaceous, and 30 represent from the Eocene or later records. \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-description\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-description\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-description\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eChristopher L. 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This distinctive diploporite association, widespread in the Wenlockian of Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, and Tennessee, consists of eight genera in the Aristocystitidae, Sphaeronitidae, and Holocystitidae. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-description\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-description\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eExpanded quarrying operations near Napoleon, Ripley County, Indiana, add materially to knowledge of the \u003cem\u003eHolocystites\u003c\/em\u003e fauna. Thousands of specimens were recovered, including some in life position. Information from this and other localities allows formulation of a paleoecological model for the\u003cem\u003e Holocystites\u003c\/em\u003e fauna, which is tested against previously known distributional information. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-description\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-description\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvolutionary trends are noted in the Holocystitidae toward reduction in number of thecal and peristomial plates, enlargement of the subvective system, elevation of the theca. Humatipore morphology becomes more specialized and efficient, but average size decreased. Detailed specific and generic phylogenies are constructed, using both traditional and quantitative phenetic methods. All produced similar results. Osgood diploporite biostratigraphy is revised and a zonal scheme presented. 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Evidence is presented showing that the chiton esthete sensory system is present in all chiton species in this study at the very beginning of the known polyplacophoran fossil record. The stratigraphic occurrences and paleobiogeography of Late Cambrian chitons are documented. The 14 previously-named families of Cambrian and Ordovician chitons are reviewed and analyzed. Cladistic analysis indicates a close relationship among the genera here assigned to the Mattheviidae, and between \u003cem\u003eEchinochiton \u003c\/em\u003ePojeta, Eernisse, Hoare, \u0026amp; Henderson, 2003, and mattheviids. 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Unfortunately, they also display a wide degree of intraspecific morphologic variation, making reliable determination of species identity difficult.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-description\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-description\"\u003eIn this paper, we examine members of this family from the late Miocene and early Pliocene deposits of the Cibao Valley, located in the northwestern portion of the Dominican Republic on the Caribbean island of Hispaniola. After brief descriptions of the general geologic setting of the Cibao Valley and the biology of modern strombids, we delineate the observed geographic and stratigraphic ranges for species of  \u003cem\u003eStrombus\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eLobatus\u003c\/em\u003e in the Cibao Valley. \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"product-description\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJames Robert Freiheit, Dana H. 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So far the genus consists of 22 species, twelve of which are specifically identified, five are identified by means of open nomenclature, and five are characterized by letters. Four species are described as new: \u003cem\u003eL. higensis\u003c\/em\u003e from the Pleistocene of Pacific Costa Rica, \u003cem\u003eL. lopenzana\u003c\/em\u003e from the late Early to Middle Miocene Baitoa Formation of the northern Dominican Republic, \u003cem\u003eL. paradisclusa\u003c\/em\u003e from the Early Pliocene Springvale Formation of the Central Range of Trinidad, and\u003cem\u003e L. toroensis\u003c\/em\u003e from the Early Pliocine Shark Hole Point Formation of the Valiente Peninsula, Province of Bocas del Toro, Panama. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-description\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-description\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe geographic distribution of the species is irregular. Of the 13 areas of occurrence six are situated in Panama and Costa Rica. The amount of material assigned to individual species is also most irregular: only one species (\u003cem\u003eL. polygona\u003c\/em\u003e) is well represented, two species (\u003cem\u003eL. costaricensis\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eL. terminula\u003c\/em\u003e) are less well represented, but all other species have to be called rare or extremely rare. The species diversity through time is fluctuating. After a period of low diversity during the late Early and Middle Miocene the diversity reached a maximum during Late Miocene times. In the Early Pliocene it was still fairly high, but during the Middle and Late Pliocene times there was a steady decrease in diversity, the genus \u003cem\u003eLepicythara\u003c\/em\u003e seemingly became extinct toward the end of the Pleistocene.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-description\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-description\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eP. Jung\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePages: 76, 74 text-figs., 17 tables\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIssue: BAP 366\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYear published: 2004\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Paleontological Research Institution","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39591486685345,"sku":"","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0302\/1504\/5252\/files\/BAP366.jpg?v=1700076767"},{"product_id":"365-a-late-cambrian-sunwaptan-silicified-trilobite-fauna-from-nevada","title":"365 A Late Cambrian (Sunwaptan) silicified trilobite fauna from Nevada","description":"\u003ch2 itemprop=\"name\"\u003eA Late Cambrian (Sunwaptan) silicified trilobite fauna from Nevada\u003cstrong\u003e- BAP #365\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-description\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-description\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-description\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-description\"\u003eAt Barton Canyon, Cherry Creek Range, east-central Nevada, a two-meter interval of the Bullwhacker Member of the Late Steptoean-Sunwaptan Windfall Formation has yielded abundant silicified sclerites. This Late Sunwaptan (Late Cambrian) assemblage, assigned to the informal \u003cem\u003eBowmania lassieae\u003c\/em\u003e fauna, is correlative with the \u003cem\u003eProsaukia pyrene\u003c\/em\u003e Subzone of Texas, and with the uppermost \u003cem\u003eIllaenuras\u003c\/em\u003e fauna of southern Alberta. At least 15 species are present, and these represent 14 genera: \u003cem\u003eCherrycreekia\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eGlaberaspis\u003c\/em\u003e are new. New species are \u003cem\u003eProsaukia oldyelleri, Sunwaptia plutoi, Euptychaspis dougali, Eurekia rintintini, Bowmania lassieae, Cherrycreekia benjii,\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eGlaberaspis scoobydooi\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-description\"\u003e    \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-description\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJ.M. Adrain, S.R. Westrop\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePages: 56, 19 pls., 4 text-figs.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIssue: BAP 365\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYear published: 2004\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Paleontological Research Institution","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39591498907809,"sku":"","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0302\/1504\/5252\/files\/bap365.jpg?v=1686236374"},{"product_id":"364-the-oldest-known-crinoids-early-ordovician-utah-and-a-new-crinoid-plate-homology-system","title":"364 The oldest known crinoids and a new crinoid plate homology system","description":"\u003ch2 itemprop=\"name\"\u003eThe oldest known crinoids (Early Ordovician, Utah) and a new crinoid plate homology system \u003cstrong\u003e- BAP #364\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-description\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-description\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-description\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-description\"\u003e\n\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSix new primitive genera from the Early Ordovician of western Utah significantly advance our understanding of early crinoid h\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eistory. Two of the new genera are the oldest crinoids (early Ibexian- early Tremadoc) and represent a previously unknown \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eprotocrinoid evolutionary grade, differing from other crinoids in having a nonstandardized dorsal cup and arms bearing ambulacral \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003efloor plates.\u003cem\u003e Titanocrinus sumralli\u003c\/em\u003e, new genus and species, has hundreds of unorganized mid-cup and interbrachial plates sepa\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003erating the cup-base basal circlet and the ray plates. \u003cem\u003eGlenocrinus globularis\u003c\/em\u003e, new genus and species, has similar plating with a \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003emore compact globular cup and fewer mid-cup plates, and is near the origin of diplobathrid camerates. A third taxon, \u003cem\u003eEknomo\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003ecrinus wahwahensis,\u003c\/em\u003e new genus and species, from the same lower stratigraphic interval, is a stem-group monocyclic camerate \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ecrinoid with standardized but irregular cup plating and other emergent crinoid traits shared with protocrinoids. Three new \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ecamerates from higher in the section are more derived. \u003cem\u003eCnemecrinus fillmorensis\u003c\/em\u003e, new genus and species, middle Ibexian (latest \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTremadoc), is a reteocrinid camerate, and\u003cem\u003e Adelphicrinus fortuitus,\u003c\/em\u003e new genus and species, and \u003cem\u003eHabrotecrinus ibexensis\u003c\/em\u003e, new \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003egenus and species, both latest Ibexian (middle Arenig), are monocyclic camerates. The latter taxon has unique accessory plates \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eand major cup plate shapes. The fossil record indicates rapid diversification of disparid, cladid, and camerate crinoids by the end \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eof the middle Ibexian (late Tremadoc), each arising independently from the protocrinoid stem group.\u003c\/span\u003e     \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"product-description\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eT.E. Guensburg, J. Sprinkle\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePages: 43, 9 pls., 13 text-figs., 5 tables\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIssue: BAP 364\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYear published: 2003\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Paleontological Research Institution","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39591505100961,"sku":"","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0302\/1504\/5252\/files\/BAP364.jpg?v=1700076536"},{"product_id":"363-a-compendium-of-fossil-marine-genera","title":"363 A Compendium of Fossil Marine Genera","description":"\u003ch2 itemprop=\"name\"\u003eA Compendium of Fossil Marine Genera \u003cstrong\u003e- BAP #363\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-description\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-description\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-description\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-description\"\u003e\n\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThis is a listing of approximately 37,000 taxonomic genera of marine animals known from the fossil record, based on the late \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eJ. John Sepkoski, Jr.'s working database, which he last updated July 13 to November 13, 1998. These data are the basis of many \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eanalyses by Sepkoski and others, and are published here with minimal — and surely incomplete — clerical corrections to make this \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eextraordinary compendium widely available. It covers invertebrates, vertebrates, and animal-like protists, gives time intervals of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003efirst and last known occurrence, and provides literature sources for these data. The time intervals are mostly the internationally \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003erecognized stratigraphic stages; many are resolved to substage divisions. Genera are presented in a classification by order, class, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ephylum, and kingdom, reflecting current classifications in the published literature.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-description\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-description\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-description\"\u003eincludes CD-ROM of data\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-description\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-description\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-description\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJ.J. Sepkoski Jr., edited by D. Jablonski and M. Foote\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePages: 560\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIssue: BAP 363\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYear published: 2002\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Paleontological Research Institution","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39591513686177,"sku":"","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0302\/1504\/5252\/products\/item_LargeImage_22.jpg?v=1617740827"},{"product_id":"362-the-genus-heliophyllum-anthozoa-rugosa-in-the-upper-middle-devonian-givetian","title":"362 The Genus Heliophyllum in the upper Middle Devonian (Givetian)","description":"\u003ch2 itemprop=\"name\"\u003eThe Genus \u003cem\u003eHeliophyllum\u003c\/em\u003e (Anthozoa Rugosa) in the upper Middle Devonian (Givetian) \u003cstrong\u003e- BAP #362\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-description\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-description\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-description\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-description\"\u003e\n\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSpecimens of the genus \u003cem\u003eHeliophyllum\u003c\/em\u003e are among the most common components of the upper Middle Devonian coral fauna \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e(Givetian: Hamilton Group and Tully Limestone) in New York State. Although these corals are abundant and widespread, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eexamination of large numbers of specimens indicates that most of them belong in a single, variable species. \u003cem\u003eH. halli\u003c\/em\u003e Milne-\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eEdwards and Haime, including both solitary and colonial forms. This study has resulted in the recognition of four subspecies of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eH. halli\u003c\/em\u003e, the solitary \u003cem\u003eH. halli halli\u003c\/em\u003e, and three colonial subspecies.\u003cem\u003e H. halli confluens\u003c\/em\u003e (Hall), \u003cem\u003eH. halli bellonense\u003c\/em\u003e n. subsp., and \u003cem\u003eH. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003ehalli joshuense\u003c\/em\u003e n. subsp. The three colonial subspecies occur in restricted stratigraphic positions, each in a coral bed in which it \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eis associated and intergrades with solitary \u003cem\u003eH. halli halli\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e    \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"product-description\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-description\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eW.A. Oliver, Jr., J.E. Sorauf\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePages: 72pp., 31 pls., 3 text-figs., 3 tables\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIssue: BAP 362\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYear published: 2002\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Paleontological Research Institution","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39591520960673,"sku":"","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0302\/1504\/5252\/files\/BAP362.jpg?v=1700076289"},{"product_id":"360-early-silurian-llandovery-crinoids-from-the-lower-clinton-group-western-new-york-state","title":"360 Early Silurian Crinoids from the Lower Clinton Group, Western NY State","description":"\u003ch2 itemprop=\"name\"\u003eEarly Silurian (Llandovery) Crinoids from the Lower Clinton Group, Western New York State \u003cstrong\u003e- BAP #360\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-description\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-description\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-description\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-description\"\u003e\n\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eEarly Silurian (Llandovery) crinoids have been poorly known. The present paper describes 26 species and six unassigned \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ecolumnal taxa of Early Silurian crinoids on the basis of new and well preserved fossils from the lower Clinton Group of western \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eNew York. The new material, comprising eighteen genera, and unclassified skeletal material, spans the late middle Llandovery \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eto the latest Llandovery and has been derived from several lithostratigraphic units. The Reynales Formation (Aeronian) contains \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ethe following new genera: \u003cem\u003eDynamocrinus,\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eThaerocrinus\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eHaptocrinus,\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eProlixocrinus\u003c\/em\u003e; new species include \u003cem\u003eDynamocrinus \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003erobustus\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThaerocrinus crenatus,\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eHaptocrinus calvatus\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eProlixocrinus nodocaudis,\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eMacrostylocrinus\u003c\/em\u003e sp. Two species of dis\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eparid \u003cem\u003eEomxelodacrinu,\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003cem\u003eE. sparwus\u003c\/em\u003e Eckert and\u003cem\u003e E. uniformis\u003c\/em\u003e Eckert, and one unusual camerate, \u003cem\u003eStipalocrinus hulveri\u003c\/em\u003e Eckert and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBrett, have been previously described from the Reynales Limestone. \u003cem\u003eCompsocrinus relictus,\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eDendrocrinus ursae,\u003c\/em\u003e and an uniden\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003etified camerate occur in the laterally equivalent Bear Creek Shale. New taxa from the Wolcott Limestone (lower Telychian) \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003einclude the Atalocrinacea, new superfamily; Atalocrinidae, Callistocrinidae, and Anisocrinidae, new families; \u003cem\u003eCallistocrinus, \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eTormosocrinus\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eAlalocrinus,\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eAclistocrinus,\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eKyphosocrinus,\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eScapanocrinus,\u003c\/em\u003e all new genera; and the species \u003cem\u003eCallistocrinus \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003etesselatus,\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eTormosocrinus furberi,\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eAlalocrinus arclus,\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eAclistocrinus capistralus,\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eKyphosocrinus tetreaulti,\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eScapanocrinus inuri\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003ecalus\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eMyelodactylus linae,\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eEuspirocrinus wolcottense\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eDendrocrinus aphelos,\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eD. bactronodosus\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eHaptocrinus\u003c\/em\u003e sp., Anisocrinid \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003esp., and an unidentified flexible crinoid. \u003cem\u003eProtaxocrinus anellus\u003c\/em\u003e n. sp. and five unidentified columnal types occur in the upper \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTelychian Willowvale Shale. Taxonomic revisions also necessitate reassignments of three previously described taxa. The disparid \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eMacnanuiratylus\u003c\/em\u003e Bolton is synonymized with \u003cem\u003eEomyelodactylus,\u003c\/em\u003e the flexible crinoid \u003cem\u003eCudochirus americanus\u003c\/em\u003e Springer is reassigned \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eto \u003cem\u003eProlixocrinus\u003c\/em\u003e n. gen. and the cladid genus \u003cem\u003eQuinquecaudcx\u003c\/em\u003e Brower and Veinus, 1981, is synonymized with \u003cem\u003eDendrocrinus\u003c\/em\u003e. The \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eerroneous species \u003cem\u003eGlyptocrinus plumosus\u003c\/em\u003e Hall is reviewed; the cotype specimens in part represent the cirral column of a mye\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003elodactylid disparid crinoid here tentatively assigned to \u003cem\u003eEoniyelodatyhis\u003c\/em\u003e (\u003cem\u003eE. plumosus\u003c\/em\u003e (Hall)); the remaining material consists \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eof columnals and pluricolumnals probably belonging to \u003cem\u003eHaptocrinus\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"product-description\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-description\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJ.D. Eckert, C. Brett\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePages: 88, 26 text-figs., 9 tables\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIssue: BAP 360\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYear published: 2001\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Paleontological Research Institution","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39591524892833,"sku":"","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0302\/1504\/5252\/files\/BAP360.jpg?v=1700050357"},{"product_id":"358-neogene-paleontology-of-the-northern-dominican-republic-20-holoplanktonic-mollusks-gastropoda-heteropoda-and-thecosomata","title":"358 Neogene Paleontology of the Northern Dominican Republic 20","description":"\u003ch2 itemprop=\"name\"\u003eNeogene Paleontology of the Northern Dominican Republic: 20. Holoplanktonic mollusks (Gastropoda: Heteropoda and Thecosomata) \u003cstrong\u003e- BAP #358\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-description\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-description\"\u003eHoloplanktonic gastropod faunas from the northern Dominican Republic Neogene, contained in the collections of the Natural History Museum at Basel (Switzerland) comprise two species of Heteropoda: \u003cem\u003eAtlanta cordiformis \u003c\/em\u003eGabb, 1873 and \u003cem\u003eProtatlanta rotundata \u003c\/em\u003e(Gabb, 1873), and 17 euthecosomatous pteropods: \u003cem\u003eLimacina (Striolomacina) imitans \u003c\/em\u003e(Gabb, 1873), \u003cem\u003eL. (Striolimacina) inflata \u003c\/em\u003e(d'Orbigny, 1836), \u003cem\u003eLimacina \u003c\/em\u003esp. indet., \u003cem\u003eCreseis acicula\u003c\/em\u003e (Rang, 1828), \u003cem\u003eHyalocylis striata\u003c\/em\u003e (Rang, 1828), \u003cem\u003eStyioloa subula\u003c\/em\u003e (Quoy and Gaimard, 1827), \u003cem\u003eCuvierina astesana\u003c\/em\u003e (Rang, 1829)?, \u003cem\u003eCuvierina \u003c\/em\u003esp., \u003cem\u003eClio cuspidata\u003c\/em\u003e (Bosc, 1802)?, \u003cem\u003eC. pyramidata\u003c\/em\u003e Linne, 1767, forma \u003cem\u003elanceolata \u003c\/em\u003e(Lesueur, 1813), \u003cem\u003eClio \u003c\/em\u003esp., \u003cem\u003eCavolinia gypsorum\u003c\/em\u003e (Bellardi, 1873), \u003cem\u003eC. \u003c\/em\u003eaff. \u003cem\u003eC. gypsorum, C. mexicana \u003c\/em\u003e(Collins, 1934), \u003cem\u003eC. \u003c\/em\u003ecf. \u003cem\u003etridentata\u003c\/em\u003e (Niebuhr, 1775), \u003cem\u003eDiacria trispinosa\u003c\/em\u003e (de Blainville, 1821), and \u003cem\u003eEdithinella \u003c\/em\u003esp. \u003cem\u003eEdinthinella undulata \u003c\/em\u003e(Gabb, 1873), recorded in the literature from the same area but not represented in the present collection, is included on the basis of the type material. The number of holoplanktonic gastropod species from the Dominican Republic is thus 20.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-description\"\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"product-description\"\u003eThe name \u003cem\u003eStriolimacina \u003c\/em\u003eis introduced to replace \u003cem\u003ePlanorbella \u003c\/em\u003eGabb, 1973a non Haldemann, 1843 (Mollusca).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"product-description\"\u003eFrom the Baitoa Formation (Rio Yaque del Norte section), of assumed late Early Miocene age, a single pteropod (\u003cem\u003eEdinthinella \u003c\/em\u003esp.) was recorded. The Late Miocene Cercado Formation (Rio Gurabo: \u003cem\u003eGloborotalia humerosa \u003c\/em\u003eZone, Rio Cana; no biozone indicated) and some samples lacking lithostratigraphical data, of ? Late Miocene age (Rio Mao) yielded nine species, among which only \u003cem\u003eCavolinia gypsorum \u003c\/em\u003eis indicative of a Late Miocene (Tortonian-Messinian) age. Other species are known only locally or have longer ranges.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"product-description\"\u003eSpecimens from the late Early Pliocene Gurabo Formation (\u003cem\u003eGloborotalia margaritae \u003c\/em\u003eZone; Rio Gurabo) and the Mao Adentro Limestone (\u003cem\u003eG. margaritae \u003c\/em\u003eZone; Rio Cana), the Early to middle Pliocene Mao Formation (\u003cem\u003eG. margaritae\/miocenica \u003c\/em\u003eZone; Rio Gurabo section), and a sample lacking lithostratigraphical data, of ?late Early Pliocene age (Rio Yaque del Norte section) yielded 10 holoplanktonic mollusk species. So far as they could be identified to species these invariably belong to taxa ranging at least through the entire Pliocene, and still occur today.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"product-description\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-description\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA.W. Janssen\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePages: 40, 3 text-figs., 3 tables\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIssue: BAP 358\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYear published: 1999\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Paleontological Research Institution","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39591530823841,"sku":"","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0302\/1504\/5252\/products\/bap358.jpg?v=1678303365"},{"product_id":"356-neogene-paleontology-in-the-northern-dominican-republic-19-the-family-faviidae-anthozoa-scleractinia-part-ii-the-genera-caulastraea-favia-diploria-thysanus-hadrophyllia","title":"356 Neogene Paleontology in the Northern Dominican Republic 19","description":"\u003ch2 itemprop=\"name\"\u003eNeogene Paleontology in the Northern Dominican Republic: 19. The family Faviidae (Anthozoa: Scleractinia) Part II. The genera \u003cem\u003eCaulastraea, Favia, Diploria, Thysanus, Hadrophyllia\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e- BAP #356\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eSeventeen species and seven of the family Faviidae that bud intramurally are described in collections from the Neogene sequence in the Cibao Valley of the northern Dominican Republic. The material consists of 220 colonies from 85 localities along five river sections that range in age from Late Oligocene to Early Pliocene. Most of the specimens were collected along two fiver sections (39 localities in Río Cana) that expose an exceptionally continuous sequence extending from Late Miocene to Early Pliocene time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003ePreliminary comparisons with other well-documented collections of Neogene and Quaternary Caribbean corals suggest that only four of the 17 described species are restricted to the Dominican Republic. Most species were fairly widely distributed across the Caribbean region. Origination rates appear to have been high among flabelloid and meandroid faviid species during the late Miocene to Earliest Pliocene; extinction rates were high in these species during the Plio-Pleistocene.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-description\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-description\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e A.F. Budd, K.G. Johnson\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePages: 83, 22 text-figs., 20 tables\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIssue: BAP 356\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYear published: 1999\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Paleontological Research Institution","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39591570702497,"sku":"","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0302\/1504\/5252\/files\/BAP356.jpg?v=1700049013"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0302\/1504\/5252\/collections\/books.jpg?v=1585249474","url":"https:\/\/pri-gift-shop.myshopify.com\/collections\/publications.oembed?page=7","provider":"Paleontological Research Institution","version":"1.0","type":"link"}