Search for dissertations about: "Benjamin Kear"

Found 4 swedish dissertations containing the words Benjamin Kear.

  2. 1. Novel approaches to the environments and ecosystems of the fish-tetrapod transition

    Author : Hannah Byrne; Per Ahlberg; Grzegorz Niedzwiedzki; Henning Blom; Benjamin P. Kear; Matt Friedman; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; fish-tetrapod transition; synchrotron scanning; tides; coprolites; Carboniferous;

    Abstract : The fish-tetrapod transition is one of the most important evolutionary events in Earth’s history, giving rise to terrestrial vertebrates around 390 million years ago. It set the stage for a series of evolutionary events that ultimately resulted in modern-day terrestrial vertebrates including ourselves. READ MORE

  4. 2. Evolutionary Progression of the Iconic Australasian Kangaroos, Rat-Kangaroos, and their Fossil Relatives (Marsupialia: Macropodiformes)

    Author : Wendy den Boer; Benjamin Kear; Christine Janis; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; macropodiforms; kangaroos; rat-kangaroos; fossil ancestors; post-cranial; eco-morphology; systematic; phylogeny; Earth Science with specialization in Historical Geology and Palaeontology; Geovetenskap med inriktning mot historisk geologi och paleontologi;

    Abstract : The exceptionally diverse macropodiform’s (kangaroos, rat-kangaroos and their fossil allies) currently have a fossil record that spans from the late Oligocene to the Holocene with an Australasian widespread fossil occurence. The origins of the macropodiforms are believed to have been during the Eocene possibly having split from the Phalangeridae. READ MORE

  5. 3. Locomotory Evolution in Macropodiforms (Kangaroos and Rat-kangaroos)

    Author : Wendy den Boer; Benjamin Kear; Sophie Sanchez; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES;

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  6. 4. Paleoenvironments, palaeoecology and palaeobiogeography of late cretaceous (campanian) faunas from the Kristianstad basin, southern Sweden, with applications for science education

    Author : Elisabeth Einarsson; Benjamin Kear; Vivi Vajda; Jesper Milàn; Lund University; []
    Keywords : NATURAL SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; NATURVETENSKAP; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; SOCIAL SCIENCES; palaeoenvironments; palaeoecology; palaeobiogeography; Campanian; Kristianstad Basin; Teaching and Learning;

    Abstract : This thesis is thematically divided into two sections: Part1 presents studies related to the palaeoenvironments,palaeoecology and palaeobiogeography of the LateCretaceous (Campanian) faunas from the KristianstadBasin of southern Sweden; Part 2 reports on applicationsof palaeontological research for science education inschools.Part 1 was based on personally conducted fieldworkand biostratigraphical analysis at various Santonian-Campanian localities throughout Skåne. READ MORE