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Title

Arthropod fossils and phylogeny / edited by Gregory D. Edgecombe.

Publication

New York : Columbia University Press, 1998.

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Additional Authors

Edgecombe, Gregory D.

Description

347 pages : illustrations; 26 cm

Summary

• "Many recent controversies in arthropod evolution have been initiated by new fossil discoveries and new interpretations of early fossils. This book examines the role that these finds and ideas have played in understanding the evolutionary history of arthropods. The authors of the book's seven chapters have been at the forefront of this research.".
• "The book will be a vital resource for paleontologists, researchers on extant arthropods interested in fossil history, and evolutionists concerned with how different kinds of systematic data should be analyzed."--BOOK JACKET.

Subjects

• Arthropoda > Phylogeny
• Arthropoda, Fossil

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Introduction: The Role of Extinct Taxa in Arthropod Phylogeny / Gregory D. Edgecombe -- 1. Molecular Systematics and Arthropods / Ward Wheeler -- 2. An Arthropod Phylogeny Based on Fossil and Recent Taxa / Matthew A. Wills, Derek E. G. Briggs and Richard A. Fortey -- 3. Cambrian Lobopodians: Morphology and Phylogeny / Lars Ramskold and Chen Junyuan -- 4. Chengjiang Arthropods and Their Bearing on Early Arthropod Evolution / Jan Bergstrom and Hou Xianguang -- 5. Early Arthropod Phylogeny in Light of the Cambrian "Orsten" Fossils / Dieter Walossek and Klaus J. Muller -- 6. Fossils and the Interrelationships of Major Crustacean Groups / Frederick R. Schram and Cees H. J. Hof -- 7. Fossil Taxa and Relationships of Chelicerates / Paul A. Selden and Jason A. Dunlop.

ISBN

0231096542

LCCN

97035380

OCLC

ocm37761847

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries