Fossil spiders
Subtitle: the evolutionary history of a mega-diverse order
By: David Penney & Paul A. Selden
Contributors: Selden, Paul
Series: Monograph series -- v. 1; Monograph series (Siri Scientific Press) -- v. 1
Publisher: Siri Scientific Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Manchester
Language: eng
Number of pages: 127
ISBN-13: 9780955863653
Subjects: Fossil Spiders; Spiders; Evolution; Amber fossils
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 114-127) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction to spiders: a palaeontological perspective; title: What is the importance of fossil spiders?; title: How do we know how old the fossit spiders are?; title: The fossil record of spiders; title: Bias in the fossil record and data deficit; title: Techniques for preparation and study of fossil spiders; title: Identifying and naming fossil spiders; title: The strictly fossil spider families; title: The evolutionary tree of spiders; title: Spider biogeography: present and past.