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The Paleobiological Revolution The Paleobiological Revolution essays on the growth of modern paleontology Edited by David Sepkoski and Michael Ruse The University of Chicago Press chicago & london david sepkoski is assistant professor of history at the University of North Carolina, Wilmington. michael ruse is the Lucyle T. Werkmeister Professor of Philosophy at Florida State University and the author or editor of nearly thirty books, including The Darwinian Revolution, also published by The University of Chicago Press. The University of Chicago Press, Chicago 60637 The University of Chicago Press, Ltd., London © 2009 by The University of Chicago All rights reserved. Published 2009 Printed in the United States of America 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 09 08 1 2 3 4 5 ISBN- 13: 978- 0- 226- 74861- 0 (cloth) ISBN- 10: 0- 226- 74861- 8 (cloth) Library of Congress Cataloging- in- Publication Data The paleobiological revolution : essays on the growth of modern paleontology / edited by David Sepkoski and Michael Ruse. p. cm. Includes index. ISBN-1 3: 978- 0- 226- 74861- 0 (cloth : alk. paper) ISBN-1 0: 0- 226- 74861- 8 (cloth : alk. paper) 1. Evolutionary paleobiology. 2. Paleobiology. 3. Paleontology. I. Sepkoski, David, 1972– II. Ruse, Michael. QE721.2.E85P347 2009 560—dc22 2008028286 o The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of the American National Standard for Information Sciences—Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ansi z39.48- 1992. In Memory of stephen jay gould j. john sepkoski, jr. thomas j. m. schopf c o n t e n t s Acknowledgments xi Introduction: Paleontology at the High Table 1 David Sepkoski and Michael Ruse part i major innovations in paleobiology 1 The Emergence of Paleobiology 15 David Sepkoski 2 The Fossil Record: Biological or Geological Signal? 43 Michael J. Benton 3 Biogeography and Evolution in the Early Paleozoic 60 Richard A. Fortey 4 The Discovery of Conodont Anatomy and Its Importance for Understanding the Early History of Vertebrates 73 Richard J. Aldridge and Derek E. G. Briggs 5 Emergence of Precambrian Paleobiology: A New Field of Science 89 J. William Schopf 6 Dinosaurs at the Table 111 John R. Horner 7 Ladders, Bushes, Punctuations, and Clades: Hominid Paleobiology in the Late Twentieth Century 122 Tim D. White 8 Punctuated Equilibria and Speciation: What Does It Mean to Be a Darwinian? 149 Patricia Princehouse 9 Molecular Evolution vis- à- vis Paleontology 176 Francisco J. Ayala part ii the historical and conceptual significance of recent paleontology 10 Beyond Detective Work: Empirical Testing in Paleontology 201 Derek Turner 11 Taxic Paleobiology and the Pursuit of a Unifi ed Evolutionary Theory 215 Todd A. Grantham 12 Ideas in Dinosaur Paleontology: Resonating to Social and Political Context 239 David E. Fastovsky 13 Reg Sprigg and the Discovery of the Ediacara Fauna in South Australia: Its Approach to the High Table 254 Susan Turner and David Oldroyd 14 The Morphological Tradition in German Paleontology: Otto Jaekel, Walter Zimmermann, and Otto Schindewolf 279 Manfred D. Laubichler and Karl J. Niklas 15 “Radical” or “Conservative”? The Origin and Early Reception of Punctuated Equilibrium 301 David Sepkoski 16 The Shape of Evolution: The MBL Model and Clade Shape 326 John Huss 17 Ritual Patricide: Why Stephen Jay Gould Assassinated George Gaylord Simpson 346 Joe Cain 18 The Consensus That Changed the Paleobiological World 364 Arnold I. Miller part iii reflections on recent paleobiology 19 The Infusion of Biology into Paleontological Research 385 James W. Valentine 20 From Empirical Paleoecology to Evolutionary Paleobiology: A Personal Journey 398 Richard Bambach 21 Intellectual Evolution across an Academic Landscape 416 Rebecca Z. German 22 The Problem of Punctuational Speciation and Trends in the Fossil Record 423 Anthony Hallam 23 Punctuated Equilibrium versus Community Evolution 433 Arthur J. Boucot 24 An Interview with David M. Raup 459 Edited by David Sepkoski and David M. Raup 25 Paleontology in the Twenty- fi rst Century 471 David Jablonski 26 Punctuations and Paradigms: Has Paleobiology Been through a Paradigm Shift? 518 Michael Ruse List of Contributors 529 Index 537
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