Echinoid palaeobiology
By: Andrew Smith.
Series: Special topics in palaeontology ;; 1
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
Published: 1984
Place of publication: London; Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 190
Subjects: Sea urchins, Fossil.
Description: This book provides a comprehensive synthesis of the range of biological information that can be retrieved from the fossilised skeletons of echinoids. The first half consists of a detailed explanation of the functional significance of skeletal structures and the inferences to be drawn from them about the living animals. This is followed by a discussion of the important evolutionary changes that have taken place and why they may have occurred. Finally, there is a section on how echinoids relate to other echinoderm groups.
Notes: Bibliography: p. [174]-180.
Includes index.