Brachiopods

Brachiopods

Author: Paul Copper

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2018-02-02

Total Pages: 392

ISBN-13: 1351463098

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This collection of conference papers presents information on the molecular genetics, biomineralization, growth and ecology of extant brachiopod stocks (extrapolated back to the Cambrian), and the shell microstructure, taphonomy, paleogeography, evolution, and taxonomy of fossil brachiopods.


Brachiopods

Brachiopods

Author: Howard Brunton

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 2001-11-29

Total Pages: 466

ISBN-13: 9780203210437

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The growth history of a brachiopod is entombed in its shell, but research on fossil and living brachiopods has generated unanswered questions about these marine invertebrates. Several contributors to Brachiopods Past and Present comment on their differing structures and morphological detail. They use these as examples of ontogenetic and evolutionar