The Early Evolution of Metazoa and the Significance of Problematic Taxa

Simonetta, Alberto M. and Morris, Simon Conway (eds.)

ISBN 10: 0521402425 / ISBN 13: 9780521402422

Published by Cambridge U., Cambridge, UK, 1991

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4to. 296pp. NO INTERNATIONAL OR PRIORITY. Proceedings of the International. Symposium. 1989.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Early Evolution of Metazoa and the Significance of Problematic Taxa
• Publisher: Cambridge U., Cambridge, UK
• Publication Date: 1991
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521402425
• ISBN 13: 9780521402422
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st.
• Condition: Near Fine, NO DJ. (NOT ex lib)

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Synopsis

One of the great enigmas of evolutionary biology has been how to treat animals of problematic systematic position. Many are known only as fossils, so this area has been of particular interest to palaeobiologists. This book represents a wide synthesis. It embraces not only general problems of animal classification of animals and new information on their molecular sequences that bear on their wider relationships, but also addresses more specific problems. These include details appraisals of both living and fossil groups. From the fossil record special emphasis is laid on examples from exceptionally preserved biotas that include the Burgess shale-type faunas of the Cambrian of south China and western North America, the Carboniferous Mazon Creek beds of Illinois, and the Jurassic Osteno beds of northern Italy. In addition, experimental studies of soft-patrt preservation in jellyfish are relevant to comparable preservation in the fossil record.

Book Description

This book represents a wide synthesis. It embraces not only general problems of animal classification of animals and new information on their molecular sequences that bear on their wider relationships, but also addresses more specific problems.