Morphodynamics. (2014)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Adolf Seilacher, Alan D. Gishlick.
• Authors: Seilacher, Adolf; Gishlick, Alan D
• Contents: Introduction: Principles of Morphodynamics; Fabricational Noise in Body Shapes; Other Fabricational Morphospaces; Bifurcating and Intercalating Patterns; Other Patterns; Life Styles; Patterns of Evolution Versus Counter Evolution; Taphonomy; Protists; Vendobionts: Lost Life Forms of Ediacaran Times; Sponges; Soft-Bottom Actinians and Jellyfish; Soft-Bottom Corals; Brachiopods: Bivalved Shells with a Difference; Bivalves I: Constructional and Morphogenetic Principles; Bivalves II: Evolutionary Ecology; Gastropod Heteromorphy: Or How to Get Out of the Spiral Syndrome; Ammonites I: Outer Shell and Jaws; How Valid is the Nautilus Model?; Ammonites II: Septal Apparatus; Ammonites III: Taphonomy; Straight Cephalopods; Worm-Like Organisms; Trilobites; Cirripeds: Arthropods Become Sessile; Echinoids; Crinoids; Extinct Echinoderms: Deviant Symmetries and Armored Tube Feet; Clonal Colonies; Appendices; Index
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: Boca Raton : CRC Press
• Publication Date: 2014
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (colour)
• Subjects: 576.8; Morphology; Macroevolution; Evolution (Biology)
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781482221190
• Related ISBNs: 9781482221183
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on CIP data; item not viewed.
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