Nitecki Mazon Creek Fossils

1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-1-4832-5788-4
Verlag: Elsevier Science & Techn.
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Mazon Creek Fossils documents the proceedings of a Symposium on Mazon Creek Fossils held at the campus of the University of Michigan during the annual meeting of the North-Central section of the Geological Society of America, 1 May 1978. The present volume contains most of the papers presented at that meeting, and two contributions prepared for it but not delivered in Ann Arbor. The volume is divided into four parts. Part contains papers on sedimentation, fossil distribution, and the origin of the concretions. Part II on paleobotany includes studies on soft-sediment cementation enclosing Mazon plant fossils and diversity and stratigraphic Age of the Mazon Creek flora. The papers in Part III focus on invertebrate paleontology. It includes studies on soft-bodied coelenterates in the Pennsylvanian of Illinois and the centipedes (Chilopoda) of the Mazon Creek. Part IV on vertebrate paleontology includes papers on fishes of the Mazon Creek Fauna and Amphibamus grandiceps as a possible frog ancestor.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Nitecki, Matthew H.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Front Cover;1
2;Mazon Creek Fossils;4
3;Copyright Page;5
4;Table of Contens;8
5;LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS;12
6;PREFACE;14
7;ACKNOWLEDGMENTS;16
8;PART I: HISTORICAL AND GEOLOGICAL PAPERS;18
8.1;CHAPTER 1. MAZON CREEK FAUNA AND FLORA—A HUNDRED YEARS OF INVESTIGATION;20
8.1.1;ABSTRACT;20
8.1.2;INTRODUCTION;21
8.1.3;HISTORY OF STUDY;23
8.1.4;REFERENCES;29
8.2;CHAPTER 2. PENNSYLVANIAN SEDIMENTATION IN NORTHERN ILLINOIS: EXAMINATION OF DELTA MODELS;32
8.2.1;ABSTRACT;32
8.2.2;INTRODUCTION;33
8.2.3;PREVIOUS WORK;34
8.2.4;MODERN DELTAIC ENVIRONMENTS;39
8.2.5;CYCLOTHEMS;41
8.2.6;DELTA MODELS;43
8.2.7;SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION;56
8.2.8;ACKNOWLEDGMENTS;57
8.2.9;REFERENCES;57
8.3;CHAPTER 3. LITHOLOGY AND FOSSIL DISTRIBUTION, FRANCIS CREEK SHALE IN NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS;60
8.3.1;ABSTRACT;60
8.3.2;INTRODUCTION;61
8.3.3;PREVIOUS WORK;61
8.3.4;GEOLOGIC SETTING;62
8.3.5;FRANCIS CREEK LOCALITIES;64
8.3.6;FRANCIS CREEK LITHOLOGY;69
8.3.7;DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENTS;77
8.3.8;DISTRIBUTION OF BIOTAS;79
8.3.9;DISTRIBUTION OF BIOTAS: SIGNIFICANCE;81
8.3.10;ACKNOWLEDGMENTS;82
8.3.11;REFERENCES;83
8.3.12;APPENDIX 1;85
8.4;CHAPTER 4. THE OCCURRENCE AND ORIGIN OF SIDERITE CONCRETIONS IN THE FRANCIS CREEK SHALE (PENNSYLVANIAN) OF NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS;88
8.4.1;ABSTRACT;88
8.4.2;INTRODUCTION;89
8.4.3;DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT OF THE FRANCIS CREEK SHALE;92
8.4.4;SUMMARY;114
8.4.5;REFERENCES;118
9;PART II: PALEOBOTANICAL PAPERS;124
9.1;CHAPTER 5. EVIDENCE OF SOFT-SEDIMENT CEMENTATION ENCLOSING MAZON PLANT FOSSILS;126
9.1.1;ABSTRACT;126
9.1.2;INTRODUCTION;126
9.1.3;MORPHOLOGY AND MINERALOGY;127
9.1.4;DEPOSITIONAL REGIME AND ENVIRONMENT;131
9.1.5;NOTES ON PREPARATION AND PRESERVATION OF MAZON FOSSILS;135
9.1.6;DISCUSSION OF PREPARED SPECIMENS;139
9.1.7;SUMMARY;146
9.1.8;REFERENCES;147
9.2;CHAPTER 6. HIGH DIVERSITY AND STRATIGRAPHIC AGE OF THE MAZON CREEK FLORA;150
9.2.1;ABSTRACT;150
9.2.2;INTRODUCTION;151
9.2.3;DIVERSITY OF THE FLORA;151
9.2.4;STRATIGRAPHIC AGE OF THE MAZON CREEK FLORA;155
9.2.5;ACKNOWLEDGMENTS;159
9.2.6;REFERENCES;160
9.3;CHAPTER 7. THE MAZON CREEK FLORA : REVIEW OF RESEARCH AND BIBLIOGRAPHY;164
9.3.1;ABSTRACT;164
9.3.2;BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE MAZON CREEK PLANTS AND RELATED LITERATURE;171
10;PART III: INVERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY PAPERS;180
10.1;CHAPTER 8. THE MAZON CREEK BIOTAS IN THE CONTEXT OF A CARBONIFEROUS FAUNAL CONTINUUM;182
10.1.1;ABSTRACT;182
10.1.2;INTRODUCTION;183
10.1.3;CRUSTACEA;186
10.1.4;WORMS;192
10.1.5;MEROSTOMATA;195
10.1.6;MOLLUSCA;196
10.1.7;INARTICULATA;199
10.1.8;TERRESTRIAL BIOTAS;200
10.1.9;DISCUSSION;202
10.1.10;ACKNOWLEDGMENTS;208
10.1.11;REFERENCES;209
10.2;CHAPTER 9. SOFT-BODIED COELENTERATES IN THE PENNSYLVANIAN OF ILLINOIS;214
10.2.1;ABSTRACT;214
10.2.2;INTRODUCTION;216
10.2.3;LOCALITIES;217
10.2.4;THE "BLOBS";224
10.2.5;TAXONOMIC COMPOSITION;232
10.2.6;PALEOECOLOGY;233
10.2.7;SIGNIFICANCE OF FAUNA;235
10.2.8;SYSTEMATIC DISCUSSION;236
10.2.9;LIST OF DESCRIBED TAXA;237
10.2.10;ACKNOWLEDGMENTS;287
10.2.11;REFERENCES;288
10.3;CHAPTER 10. A REAPPRAISAL OF TULLIMONSTRUM GREGARIUM;292
10.3.1;ABSTRACT;292
10.3.2;INTRODUCTION;293
10.3.3;MATERIAL STUDIED;294
10.3.4;MORPHOLOGY;294
10.3.5;ONTOGENY;306
10.3.6;ZOOLOGICAL AFFINITIES OF TULLIMONSTRUM;306
10.3.7;PALEOECOLOGY;319
10.3.8;ACKNOWLEDGMENTS;320
10.3.9;REFERENCES;321
10.4;CHAPTER 11. GASTROPODA OF THE ESSEX FAUNA, FRANCIS CREEK SHALE (MIDDLE PENNSYLVANIAN), NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS;326
10.4.1;ABSTRACT;326
10.4.2;INTRODUCTION;327
10.4.3;OCCURRENCE AND PRESERVATION;327
10.4.4;SYSTEMATIC PALEONTOLOGY;329
10.4.5;REFERENCES;342
10.5;CHAPTER 12. POLYPLACOPHORAN MOLLUSCS OF THE ESSEX FAUNA (MIDDLE PENNSYLVANIAN, ILLINOIS);344
10.5.1;ABSTRACT;344
10.5.2;INTRODUCTION;344
10.5.3;ACKNOWLEDGMENT;345
10.5.4;SYSTEMATIC PLACEMENT;345
10.5.5;ABUNDANCE;346
10.5.6;PRESERVATION;347
10.5.7;GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS;353
10.5.8;REFERENCES;354
10.6;CHAPTER 13. MIDDLE PENNSYLVANIAN (DESMOINESEAN) CEPHALOPODA OF THE MAZON CREEK FAUNA, NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS;356
10.6.1;ABSTRACT;356
10.6.2;INTRODUCTION;357
10.6.3;STRATIGRAPHIC OCCURRENCE AND LOCATION;358
10.6.4;ACKNOWLEDGMENTS;359
10.6.5;SYSTEMATIC PALEONTOLOGY;359
10.6.6;REFERENCES;380
10.6.7;ADDENDUM;382
10.7;CHAPTER 14. THE CENTIPEDES (CHILOPODA) OF THE MAZON CREEK;384
10.7.1;ABSTRACT;384
10.7.2;INTRODUCTION;384
10.7.3;SYSTEMATIC DESCRIPTION;385
10.7.4;DISCUSSION;397
10.7.5;REFERENCES;401
10.8;CHAPTER 15. EVIDENCE FOR SUBAERIAL ACTIVITY OF EUPROOPS DANAE (MEROSTOMATA, XIPHOSURIDA);402
10.8.1;ABSTRACT;402
10.8.2;INTRODUCTION;403
10.8.3;INITIAL PLAUSIBILITY OF SUBAERIAL ACTIVITY;409
10.8.4;PHYLOGENETIC CONSIDERATIONS;414
10.8.5;LITHOLOGIC AND FAUNAL ASSOCIATIONS OF EUPROOPIDS;415
10.8.6;LOCOMOTOR ADAPTATIONS OF EUPROOPIDS;428
10.8.7;LEAF MIMESIS IN EUPROOPIDS;439
10.8.8;E. ROTUNDATUS-MAIOCERCUS CARBONIS MIMICRY;452
10.8.9;IMPRISONED EUPROOPIDS?;454
10.8.10;COPROLITIC CONCENTRATIONS OF EUPROOPIDS;457
10.8.11;DISCUSSION;460
10.8.12;ACKNOWLEDGMENTS;463
10.8.13;REFERENCES;464
11;PART IV: VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY PAPERS;472
11.1;CHAPTER 16. NEW CHONDRICHTHYES FROM THE MAZON CREEK FAUNA (PENNSYLVANIAN) OF ILLINOIS;474
11.1.1;ABSTRACT;474
11.1.2;INTRODUCTION;474
11.1.3;REFERENCES;522
11.2;CHAPTER 17. FISHES OF THE MAZON CREEK FAUNA;526
11.2.1;ABSTRACT;526
11.2.2;ACKNOWLEDGMENTS;528
11.2.3;AGNATHA;528
11.2.4;CHONDRICHTHYES;532
11.2.5;ACANTHODII;533
11.2.6;CROSSOPTERYGII;533
11.2.7;DIPNOI;534
11.2.8;ACTINOPTERYGII;536
11.2.9;COMPARISON OF MAZON CREEK AND OTHER LATE PENNSYLVANIAN FISH FAUNAS;546
11.2.10;REFERENCES;551
11.3;CHAPTER 18. Amphibamus grandiceps AS A JUVENILE DISSOROPHID: EVIDENCE AND IMPLICATIONS;554
11.3.1;ABSTRACT;554
11.3.2;INTRODUCTION;555
11.3.3;MORPHOLOGY;565
11.3.4;DISCUSSION;573
11.3.5;ACKNOWLEDGMENTS;586
11.3.6;REFERENCES;587
12;AUTHOR INDEX;590
13;SUBJECT INDEX;596