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Record Nr.

UNINA9910155379303321

Autore

Jain Sreepat

Titolo

Fundamentals of Invertebrate Palaeontology [[electronic resource] ] : Macrofossils / / by Sreepat Jain

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New Delhi : , : Springer India : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2017

ISBN

9788132236580

Edizione

[1st ed. 2017.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XI, 405 p. 209 illus.)

Collana

Springer Geology, , 2197-9545

Disciplina

550

Soggetti

Paleontology

Geology, Economic

Economic Geology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Life through ages: an overview -- Sponges -- Class Cephalopoda -- Pelecypods -- Trilobites -- Echinoids  -- Graptolites -- Brachiopods -- Class Gastropoda -- Corals.

Sommario/riassunto

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 with a brief introduction and goes on to describe the organism’s morphology in detail, followed by a brief note on classification and lastly illustrated examples of stratigraphically important organisms through time along with their major distinguishing characters. The book includes over 3000 clearly labelled, hand-drawn and classroom-friendly illustrations of over 1200 species.