Keywords:
Paleobiology-India.
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Plate tectonics-India.
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Electronic books.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
Pages:
1 online resource (472 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9783030497538
Series Statement:
Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology Series
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/geomar/detail.action?docID=6407547
Language:
English
Note:
Intro -- Foreword -- References -- Preface -- Contents of the Volume -- References (those listed in Prof. Ashok Sahni's bibliography below are not included here) -- Bibliography of Ashok Sahni -- Contents -- Contributors -- 1 First Ornithischian and Theropod Dinosaur Teeth from the Middle Jurassic Kota Formation of India: Paleobiogeographic Relationships -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Geological Setting -- Age -- Methods and Materials -- Locality Information -- Fossils Collected -- Institutional Abbreviations -- Systematic Paleontology -- Discussion -- Biogeographic Links of the Kota Vertebrate Fauna -- Conclusions -- Acknowledgements -- References -- 2 Upper Gondwana (Jurassic to Early Cretaceous) Palynoflora of India: Its Correlation with Other Gondwana Continents and Phytogeographical Implications -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Geological Setting and Lithostratigraphy -- Jurassic -- Early Cretaceous -- Palynosequencing of the Jurassic and Early Cretaceous Deposits -- Jurassic -- Inter-basinal Correlation -- Jurassic-Cretaceous Boundary -- Early Cretaceous -- Inter-basinal Correlation -- Tectonics Versus Eustasy -- Intra-Gondwanan Correlation -- Paleovegetation and Paleoenvironment -- Phytogeography -- Conclusions -- Acknowledgements -- References -- 3 A Third, Remarkably Small, Tribosphenic Mammal from the Mesozoic of Australia -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Methods -- Type Locality -- Type Horizon, Rock Unit and Age -- Institutional Abbreviation -- Systematic Paleontology -- Discussion and Conclusions -- Acknowledgements -- References -- 4 Evidence for a Remarkably Large Toothed-Monotreme from the Early Cretaceous of Lightning Ridge, NSW, Australia -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Institutional Abbreviations -- Systematic Paleontology -- Conclusions -- Acknowledgements -- References.
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5 Role of Plate Tectonics and Global Climate Change in the Evolution of Angiosperms -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Palynological Records -- Pre-cretaceous Records -- Early Cretaceous Records -- Late Cretaceous Records -- Discussion -- Evolution of Angiosperm -- Angiosperm Evolution versus Tectonics -- Paleobotanical Records of Angiosperm Evolution -- Future Prospects -- Acknowledgements -- References -- 6 Anuran Lissamphibian and Squamate Reptiles from the Upper Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) Deccan Intertrappean Sites in Central India, with a Review of Lissamphibian and Squamate Diversity in the Northward Drifting Indian Plate -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Repository -- Systematic Paleontology -- Taxonomic Status of Amphibians and Squamates from the Maastrichtian of India: An Overview -- Amphibians -- Squamates -- Comparison with the Anuran and Squamate Diversities in Other Continents -- Conclusions -- Acknowledgements -- References -- 7 Chelonian Pelomedusoides Remains from the Late Cretaceous of Upparhatti (Southwestern India): Systematics and Paleobiogeographical Implications -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Geology -- Turtle Yielding Cretaceous Localities of India -- Southwestern India -- Upparhatti, Belgaum District, Karnataka State (Fig. 7.1G) -- Western India -- Worli Hill (Fig. 7.1C) -- Amboli (Fig. 7.1B) -- Lakshmipur, Kachchh, Gujarat State (Fig. 7.1A) -- Central India -- Kisalpuri, Dindori District, Madhya Pradesh State (Fig. 7.1D) -- Pisdura Area, Chandrapur District, Maharashtra State (Fig. 7.1F). -- Dongargaon, Chandrapur District, Maharashtra State (Fig. 7.1F) -- Southeastern India -- Kunnam Locality, Perambalur District., Tamil Nadu State (Fig. 7.1H) -- Kallamedu Locality -- Material and Methods -- Abbreviations -- Systematic Paleontology -- Discussion -- Conclusion -- Taxonomic Implications -- Paleobiogeographical Implications.
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Acknowledgements -- Appendix: Other Horizons of the Indian Subcontinent (Outside India) from Which a Pleurodiran was Documented -- References -- 8 The Age of Dinosaurs in the Land of Gonds -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Dinosaurs in Gondwana and Post-Gondwana Formations -- Dawn: The Beginnings of Dinosaurs in the Late Triassic -- Discovery of Indian Dinosaurs -- Lower Maleri Formation (Late Carnian-Early Norian) -- Upper Maleri Formation (Late Norian) -- Lower Dharmaram Formation (Rhaetian) -- End-Triassic Mass Extinction Event -- Day: Triumph of the Dinosaurs in the Jurassic -- Upper Dharmaram Formation (Early Jurassic, Hettangian) -- Lower Kota Formation (Sinemurian-Toarcian) -- Upper Kota Formation -- Upper Jurassic Bagra Formation -- Origin and Early Evolution of Sauropodomorpha -- Evening: Dinosaurs in the Drifting Indian Plate During the Cretaceous -- Nimar Sandstone (Cenomanian-Turonian) -- Lameta Formation (Maastrichtian) -- A Passage to India: Discovery of Cretaceous Dinosaurs -- The Lameta Dinosaurs -- Titanosaurs -- Abelisaurs -- Ankylosaurs -- Kallamedu Formation -- Dinosaur Eggs and Babies -- Dinosaur Coprolites and Food Preference -- Night: Death of the Dinosaurs -- Asteroid Impacts -- Chicxulub Crater, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico -- Shiva Crater, Mumbai Offshore Basin, India -- Killing Mechanism -- Deccan Volcanism -- Impact-Induced Volcanism -- Aftermath of the K-Pg Extinction -- Acknowledgements -- References -- 9 Leaving Gondwana: The Changing Position of the Indian Subcontinent in the Global Faunal Network -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Methods -- Faunal Similarity Networks -- Global Patterns -- Data Collection -- Results and Discussion -- The Late Cretaceous of the Indian Subcontinent -- The Paleocene of the Indian Subcontinent -- The Eocene of the Indian Subcontinent -- Global Faunal Network of the Cretaceous and Paleogene.
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Density, Centrality, and Modularity -- A Theoretical Paleocene Fauna from the Indian Subcontinent -- Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- Appendix 1: Data and Bins -- Appendix 2: Faunal Network Function -- References -- 10 Island Africa and Vertebrate Evolution: A Review of Data and Working Hypotheses -- Abstract -- Introduction -- The Native African Fauna (Fig. 10.2) -- The Fauna of the Island Africa -- The Fate of the Native Fauna (Fig. 10.2) -- The Island Africa: an Underpopulated Biotic Province? -- Colonization of Island Africa by Newcomers (Figs. 10.4, 10.5) -- Africa as a Secondary Cradle -- The End of Isolation of Africa -- Conclusions -- Acknowledgements -- References -- 11 Contrasting Biomarker Signatures of Cretaceous and Early Paleogene Coal-Bearing Sediments During the Northward Flight of India -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Material and Methods -- Sampling -- Analytical Method -- Results -- Terpenoid Composition of Early Cretaceous Sediments -- Aliphatic Fraction -- Aromatic Fraction -- Terpenoid Composition of Eocene Sediments -- Aliphatic Fraction -- Aromatic Fraction -- Discussion -- Inferences from Early Cretaceous Terpenoids -- Inferences from Eocene Terpenoids -- Implications for Early Cretaceous and Eocene Vegetation of India -- Conclusions -- Acknowledgements -- References -- 12 New Specimens of Frugivastodon (Mammalia: Apatotheria) from the Early Eocene of India Confirm Its Apatemyid Status and Elucidate Dispersal of Apatemyidae -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Material and Methods -- Abbreviations -- Institutional Abbreviations -- Measurements -- Systematic Paleontology -- Phylogenetic Analysis -- Objectives and Methodology -- Results -- Discussion -- Discussion -- Relationships of Frugivastodon -- Geographic Origin of Frugivastodon and the Dispersal of Apatemyids -- Conclusions -- Acknowledgements -- References.
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13 Size Variation Amongst the Non-volant Mammals from the Early Eocene Cambay Shale Deposits of Western India: Paleobiogeographic implications -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Methodology -- Timing of India-Eurasia Collision -- A Brief Historical Background of Biogeographically Important Vertebrate Fossil Record (Including Mammals) from the Cretaceous-Paleogene (K-Pg) Interval of India -- Age of the Cambay Shale Mammals -- Size Variation Amongst the Non-volant Mammalian Groups Known from the Cambay Shale -- Evolutionary Relationship(s) of the Large-Sized Component (Perissodactyls) from the Cambay Shale -- Discussion -- Caveats -- Acknowledgements -- Appendix -- References -- 14 Indohyus, Endemic Radiation of Raoellid Artiodactyls in the Eocene of India and Pakistan -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Materials and Methods -- Acronyms -- Systematic Paleontology -- Discussion -- References -- 15 The Murine Cradle -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Previous Work -- Materials and Methods -- Systematics -- Great Morphological Variation of Early Murines -- Early Murine Evolution in the Semi-isolated Cradle of the Indian Subcontinent -- Interpretation -- Acknowledgments -- References -- 16 New Data on the Siwalik Murines, Rhizomyines and Ctenodactylines (Rodentia) from the Indian Subcontinent -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Previous Work -- Muridae -- Spalacidae -- Ctenodactylidae -- Material and Methods -- Systematics -- Phylogenetic Analyses -- Characters -- Spalacids -- Characters -- Paleobiogeography -- Conclusions -- Acknowledgements -- References -- 17 Dispersal of Miocene Hominoids (and Pliopithecoids) from Africa to Eurasia in Light of Changing Tectonics and Climate -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Hominoid Systematics -- The First Eurasian Apes: Early Catarrhine Dispersals Out of Africa in the Miocene.
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How Many Transcontinental Ape Dispersal Events Occurred and Between Which Continents? Biogeographic Links to Phylogeny, Tectonics, and Climate.
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