Invertebrate Paleontology Chart

Erscheinungsjahr 1992
ISBN: 978-0-444-89187-7
Verlag: Elsevier Science & Technology

Sonstiges, Englisch

This addition to the successful series of Elsevier wall charts will be especially welcomed by students and palaeontologists needing an authoritative overview of invertebrate fossils. The attractive and logical presentation of information makes the chart an excellent teaching and study aid, as well as a colourful wall decoration.Superbly detailed line drawings are a valuable feature of the chart. The most important fossil invertebrate phyla are illustrated and the distinguishing features of 700 major genera are clearly shown for ease of identification. Phyla represented in the chart include: Porifera (sponges), Cnidaria (jellyfishes, corals), Bryozoa, Brachiopoda, Mollusca (snails, clams, ammonites), Arthropoda (insects, crustaceans) and Echinodermata (starfishes, urchins).The stratigraphical distributions of the phyla become immediately clear from the organisation of the chart. The brightly coloured age-ranges of the phyla and their subdivisions are printed over the stratigraphic periods, which form horizontal bands spanning the chart from left to right. The taxonomy follows the most current classification.In addition to students of palaeontology and academics requiring a handy visual overview of the subject, this chart will be much in demand by natural history museums, oil companies, evolutionary biologists and amateur collectors.

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Geologie Paläontologie, Taphonomie
• Geowissenschaften Geologie Paläobotanik
• Geowissenschaften Geologie Paläozoologie
• Geowissenschaften Geologie Paläoökologie