Principles of Zoological Micropalaeontology
Principles of Zoological Micropalaeontology

Author: Vladimir Pokorný

Publisher: Elsevier

Published: 2015-12-04

Total Pages: 669

ISBN-13: 1483222691

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Earth Sciences, Volume X: Principles of Zoological Micropalaeontology highlights the morphological, phylogenetic and ecological analysis of microfossils. This book is composed of 10 chapters that survey the most important microfossil taxa, their variety of form, evolution, relationships, and distribution. The opening chapter provides an introduction to the historical development of micropalaeontology. The succeeding chapters present the procedures for the collection, preparation, and microstratigraphic analysis of microfossils. The remaining chapters discuss the morphological, ecological, and phylogenetic properties of Radiolaria, Thekamoebae, Foraminifera, Tintinnina, Incertae sedis, Chitinozoa, and Hystrichosphere microfossils. This book is intended as a textbook and as a manual for practicing micropalaeontologists.

Cephalopods Present and Past: New Insights and Fresh Perspectives
Cephalopods Present and Past: New Insights and Fresh Perspectives

Author: Neil H. Landman

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2007-09-17

Total Pages: 493

ISBN-13: 1402064616

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This book brings together international scientists who focus on present-day and fossil cephalopods, ranging broadly from Paleozoic ammonoids to today's octopods. It covers systematics and evolution; hard- and soft part morphology; and ecology, biogeography, and taphonomy. The book also includes new evidence for the existence of an ink sac in fossil ammonoids and features the first record of an in-depth study of octopus ecology in Alaska.