Palaeobiology of Middle Paleozoic Marine Brachiopods A Case Study of Extinct Organisms in Classical Paleontology
Fossil species appear to persist morphologically unchanged for long intervals of geologic time, punctuated by short bursts of rapid change as explained by the Ecological Evolutionary Units (EEUs). Here, morphological variation in Paleozoic atrypide morphology at the subfamily level (Atrypinae and Va...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Springer International Publishing
2013, 2013
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2013 |
| Series: | SpringerBriefs in Earth Sciences
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| Collection: | Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Ecological Evolutionary Units
- Patterns of Morphological Change in Fossil Lineages
- Why Atrypides
- Climate and Environment in the Silurian and Devonian
- Ecological Interactions
- Research Hypotheses
- Materials and Methods
- Geometric Morphometrics
- Data Set
- Results
- Temporal Variation
- Spatial Variation
- Mean Morphological Shape
- Encrustation Versus Morphological Shape.-Discussion
- Morphology
- Climate Setting in the Silurian and Devonian
- Atrypide Distribution.-Atrypide Diversity
- Temporal Variation
- Spatial Variation- Ecological Causes-Environmental Effect