ch. 1. Biogeographical convergence and time-slicing : concepts and methods in comparative biogeography / Fabrizio Cecca, Juan J. Morrone, and Malte C. Ebach -- ch. 2. Phylogenetic methods in palaeobiogeography : changing from simplicity to complexity without losing parsimony / Daniel R. Brooks and Kaila E. Folinsbee -- ch. 3. Uncertainties in phanerozoic global continental reconstructions and their biogeographical implications : a review / Alan G. Smith -- ch. 4. Boundaries and barriers of North American warm deserts : an evolutionary perspective / David J. Hafner and Brett R. Riddle -- ch. 5. Integrating GIS and phylogenetic biogeography to assess species-level biogeographic patterns : a case study of late Devonian faunal dynamics / Alycia L. Stigall -- ch. 6. A case study of the palaeobiogeography of early Mesozoic actinopterygians : the family Ptycholepidae / Raoul J. Mutter -- ch. 7. Disparity as a complement to taxonomy and phylogeny in biogeographic studies : present and past examples from the cephalopods / Alistair J. McGowan and Pascal Neige.