Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Introduction. Rereading the Fossil Record 1
4. Chapter One. Darwin’s Dilemma 9
5. Chapter Two. The Growth of Theoretical Paleontology 51
6. Chapter Three. The Rise of Quantitative Paleobiology 77
7. Chapter Four. From Paleoecology to Paleobiology 113
8. Chapter Five. Punctuated Equilibria and the Rise of the New Paleobiology 137
9. Chapter Six. The Founding of a Research Journal 185
10. Chapter Seven. “Towards a Nomothetic Paleontology”: The MBL Model and Stochastic Paleontology 215
11. Chapter Eight. A “Natural History of Data”: The Rise of Taxic Paleobiology 271
12. Chapter Nine. The Dynamics of Mass Extinctions 323
13. Chapter Ten. Toward a New Macroevolutionary Synthesis 353
14. Conclusion. Paleontology at the High Table? 385
15. Acknowledgments 395
16. Abbreviations 399
17. Works Cited 401
18. Index 419