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Systematic Review Of Our Present Knowledge Of Fossil Insects, Including Myridpods And Arachnids - Softcover

Samuel Hubbard Scudder

 
9780371869895: Systematic Review Of Our Present Knowledge Of Fossil Insects, Including Myridpods And Arachnids

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Systematic Review Of Our Present Knowledge Of Fossil Insects, Including Myridpods And Arachnids by Samuel Hubbard Scudder. This 1886 bulletin of the United States Geological Survey surveys the state of knowledge on fossil insects with a focus on Myriapods and Arachnids. It compiles taxonomic and morphological information, bibliographies, and distribution data, covering major Paleozoic and Mesozoic groups such as Protosyngnatha, Chilopoda, Archipolypoda, and Diplopoda, as well as the suborders Acari, Chelonethi, Anthracomarti, Pedipalpi, Scorpiones, Opiliones, and Araneae. The work discusses general principles of myriapod and arachnid morphology, the evolution of segmentation, and the geological distribution of fossils, and includes a letter of transmittal, bibliographies, histories, and an index. It represents a comprehensive synthesis of paleontological knowledge of fossil insects available in the late 19th century and remains a foundational reference for the study of fossil hexapods, myriapods, and arachnids.

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