Fundamentals of invertebrate palaeontology : macrofossils

• Main Author: Jain, Sreepat (Author)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: India : Springer, [2017]
• Series: Springer geology.
• Subjects: Invertebrates, Fossil.; Paleontology.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9788132236580; 9788132236566
• Physical Description: 1 online resource

This book provides practical morphological information, together with detailed illustrations and concise texts explaining each entry. The book details the morphological characters of each organism, providing fundamental information for palaeontologists and palaeobiologists alike. Each chapter starts...

Table of Contents:

• About the Author; 1 Life Through Ages: An Overview; References; 2 Sponges; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Structural Features; 2.2.1 Ascon Type; 2.2.2 Syon Type; 2.2.3 Leucon Type (or Rhagon Type); 2.3 Cell Terminology; 2.4 Skeleton; 2.4.1 Spicules; 2.4.2 Spicule Size and Nomenclature; 2.4.2.1 Megascleres; 2.4.2.2 Microscleres; 2.5 Classification; 2.5.1 Class Calcarea Bowerbank (Calcispongia or Calcareous Sponges); 2.5.2 Class Demospongea Sollas; 2.5.3 Class Hexactinellida Schmidt (Hyalosponges or "Glass Sponges"); 2.5.4 Class Sclerospongiae; 2.5.5 Archaeocyatha; References; 3 Cephalopods.
• 3.1 Introduction3.2 General Morphology; 3.3 Modifications of the Shell; 3.3.1 Apertural Modifications; 3.3.2 Constrictions and Growth Lines; 3.3.3 Phragmocone; 3.3.4 Shell Shape; 3.3.5 Shell Outline; 3.3.6 Shell Form; 3.3.7 Whorl; 3.3.8 Types of Whorl Section; 3.3.9 Types of Venter; 3.3.10 Ornamentation; 3.4 Size of a Cephalopod Shell; 3.5 Classification; 3.6 Geological History; 3.7 Distribution Through Time; 3.7.1 Subclass Nautiloidea; 3.7.2 Order Endocerida (485-430€Ma); 3.7.3 Order Actinocerida (480-312€Ma); 3.7.4 Order Bactritida (418.1-260.5€Ma); 3.7.5 Subclass Ammonoidea (479-66€Ma).
• 3.7.6 Subclass Coleoidea (410€Ma to Recent)References; 4 Pelecypoda; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Basic Morphology; 4.3 Terminology; 4.3.1 General Shell Morphological Terms; 4.3.2 Shell Form; 4.3.3 Shell Ornamentation; 4.3.3.1 General Terms; 4.3.3.2 Types of Shell Ornamentation; 4.3.4 Umbo/Beak Position; 4.3.5 Shell Structure; 4.3.6 Dentition; 4.3.6.1 General Terms; 4.3.6.2 Types of Dentition (Fig.€4.7); 4.3.7 Ligament; 4.3.7.1 General Terms; 4.3.7.2 Types of Ligament; 4.3.8 Muscle Scars; 4.3.8.1 General Terms; 4.3.8.2 Types of Ligament; 4.3.9 Gills; 4.4 Classification; 4.5 Geological History.
• 6.7.3 Classes Holothuroidea and Concentricycloidea (Sea Cucumbers and Sea Daisies)6.7.4 Edrioasteroids; 6.7.5 Class Crinoidea (Sea Lilies and Feather Stars; Crinoids); 6.7.6 Class Blastoidea (Blastoids); 6.7.7 Eocrinoids; 6.7.8 Class Paracrinoidea (Allied to Crinoids); 6.7.9 Carpoids; 6.8 Geological History; References; 7 Graptolites; 7.1 Introduction; 7.2 General Morphology; 7.3 Taxonomic Relationships of Graptolites; 7.3.1 Chordates; 7.3.2 Hemichordates; 7.4 Classification; 7.5 Geological History; References; 8 Brachiopods; 8.1 Introduction; 8.2 The Shell; 8.3 Terminology.