Authors:Victor A. Ramos, J. Duncan Keppie,
Publisher: Geological Society of America
Keywords: geological, society, america, papers, special, gondwana, connections, pangea, laurentia
Number of Pages: 276
Published: 1999-09
List price: $30.00
ISBN-10: 0813723361
ISBN-13: 9780813723365

Author: Geological Society Publishing HouseGeological Soc
Publisher: Geological Society Of London
Keywords: publication, special, pangea, fishes
Number of Pages: 376
Published: 2008-05-15
List price: $190.00
ISBN-10: 186239248X
ISBN-13: 9781862392489

This volume, in honour of Peter L. Forey, is about fishes as palaeobiogeographic indicators in the Mesozoic and Cenozoic. The last 250 million years in the history of Earth have witnessed the break-up of Pangaea, affecting the biogeography of organisms. Fishes occupy almost all freshwater and marine environments, making them a good tool to assess palaeogeographic models.The volume begins with studies of Triassic chondrichthyans and lungfishes, with reflections on Triassic palaeogeography. Phylogeny and distribution of Late Jurassic neoselachians and basal teleosts are broached, and are followe