CONTENTS

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS ix
4. PREFACE xiii
5. EOCENE-OLIGOCENE CLIMATIC AND BIOTIC EVOLUTION: AN OVERVIEW 1
6. PART I: THE CHRONOLOGICAL FRAMEWORK
7. 1. Toward a Revised Paleogene Geochronology 29
8. 2. Magnetostratigraphy and Geochronology of the Terrestrial Eocene-Oligocene Transition in North America 46
9. 3. Magnetostratigraphy of the Lower and Middle Members of the Devil's Graveyard Formation (Middle Eocene), Trans-Pecos Texas 74
10. 4. Redefinition of the Duchesnean Land Mammal “Age,” Late Eocene of Western North America 88
11. 5. Mammalian Range Zones in the Chadronian White River Formation at Flagstaff Rim, Wyoming 106
12. 6. Eocene-Oligocene Climatic Change in North America: The White River Formation near Douglas, East-Central Wyoming 116
13. PART II: CLIMATIC EVENTS
14. 7. Evidence from the Antarctic Continental Margin of Late Paleogene Ice Sheets: A Manifestation of Plate Reorganization and Synchronous Changes in Atmospheric Circulation over the Emerging Southern Ocean? 131
15. 8. Middle Eocene to Oligocene Stable Isotopes, Climate, and Deep-Water History: The Terminal Eocene Event? 160
16. 9. Late Eocene and Early Oligocene in Southern Australia: Local Neritic Signals of Global Oceanic Changes 178
17. 10. Paleogene Climatic Evolution: A Climate Model Investigation of the Influence of Continental Elevation and Sea-Surface Temperature upon Continental Climate 202
18. PART III: THE MARINE RECORD
19. 11. Eocene-Oligocene Faunal Turnover in Planktic Foraminifera, and Antarctic Glaciation 218
20. 12. Middle Eocene-Late Oligocene Bathyal Benthic Foraminifera (Weddell Sea): Faunal Changes and Implications for Ocean Circulation 245
21. 13. Late Paleogene Calcareous Nannoplankton Evolution: A Tale of Climatic Deterioration 272
22. 14. Middle Eocene through Early Miocene Diatom Floral Turnover 310
23. 15. Late Paleogene Dinoflagellate Cysts with Special Reference to the Eocene/ Oligocene Boundary 327
24. 16. The Patterns and Causes of Molluscan Extinction across the Eocene/Oligocene Boundary 341
25. 17. Evolution of Paleogene Echinoids: A Global and Regional View 349
26. 18. Cetacean Evolution and Eocene/Oligocene Environments 368
27. PART IV: THE TERRESTRIAL RECORD
28. 19. Paleosols and Changes in Climate and Vegetation across the Eocene/Oligocene Boundary 382
29. 20. Low-Biomass Vegetation in the Oligocene? 399
30. 21. Climatic, Floristic, and Vegetational Changes near the Eocene/Oligocene Boundary in North America 421
31. 22. Vegetational and Floristic Changes around the Eocene/Oligocene Boundary in Western and Central Europe 437
32. 23. Western North American Reptile and Amphibian Record across the Eocene/ Oligocene Boundary and Its Climatic Implications 451
33. 24. Mammalian Faunas in North America of Bridgerian to Early Arikareean “Ages” (Eocene and Oligocene) 464
34. 25. British Mammalian Paleocommunities across the Eocene-Oligocene Transition and Their Environmental Implications 494
35. 26. The Evolution of Mammalian Faunas in Europe during the Eocene and Oligocene 516
36. 27. The Chinese Oligocene: A Preliminary Review of Mammalian Localities and Local Faunas 529
37. 28. The Eocene-Oligocene Transition in Continental Africa 548
38. INDEX 567