Description
Book SynopsisThis volume considers functional morphology and parallels the established Belhaven palaeontological studies. It concentrates on the taxonomic groups that are of interest to palaeontologists and also includes substantial material on recent invertebrates as well as fossils.
Table of ContentsPartial table of contents:
IDEAS, METHODS AND TOOLS.
Introduction to Functional Morphology (E. Savazzi).
Comparative Issues: Homology, Homoplasy and Evolution in FunctionalAdaptation (A. Minelli).
The Paradigm Method (C. Paul).
Invertebrate Structural Colours (A. Parker).
Conodonts: Functional Analysis of Disarticulated SkeletalStructures (M. Purnell).
MOLLUSCA.
Terrestrial Gastropods (C. Paul).
Anti-Predator Defences of Shelled Gastropods (A. Kohn).
Life Habits of Ammonoids (G. Westermann C. Tsujita).
Scaphopoda (E. Yochelson).
BRACHIOPODA.
Function of External Skeletal Characteristics of ArticulateBrachiopods (R. Alexander).
Function of Shell Microstructure and Internal Morphology ofArticulate Brachiopods (R. Alexander).
The Theoretical Enigma of Non-Biconvex Brachiopod Shell Form (G.McGhee).
Morphological Consequences of Mass Extinction in Brachiopods: ATheoretical Perspective (G. McGhee).
ARTHROPODA.
Kazacharthra (K. McKenzie P. Chen).
Ostracods (K. McKenzie, et al.).
A Few Case Histories of Cirripeds (E. Savazzi).
The Trilobite Exoskeleton (R. Fortey R. Owens).
OTHER PHYLA.
Echinoderms and Calcichordates (S. Donovan).
Serpulid Polychaetes (E. Savazzi).
Fossil Colonial Corals: Colony Type and Growth Form (G.Young).
Fossil Colonial Corals: Growth Patterns and Coral-SubstrateRelationships (G. Young).
Index.
