Bryozoan paleobiology. (2020)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Paul D. Taylor, Natural History Museum, London, UK.
• Authors: Taylor, Paul D
• Contents: Preface Acknowledgements 1 Introduction 1.1 Zooids 1.2 Colonies 1.3 Colony propogation 1.4 Ecology 1.5 Taxonomy 1.6 Collecting and studying fossil bryozoans 2 Biomineralization and geochemistry 2.1 Skeletal wall types 2.2 Pores and pseudopores 2.3 Skeletal growth 2.4 Skeletal ultrastructure 2.5 Spines 2.6 Mineralogy 2.7 Geochemistry 3 Zooid morphology and function 3.1 Autozooids 3.2 Ontogenetic and astogenetic variations 3.3 Ancestrulae 3.4 Polymorphism 3.5 Reproductive polymorphs 3.6 Active defensive polymorphs 3.7 Structural polymorphs 3.8 Spinozooids 3.9 Rhizooids 3.10 Cleaning polymorphs 3.11 Locomotory polymorphs 3.12 Microenvironmental variability 3.13 Zooid-level skeletal structures 3.14 Extrazooidal structures 3.15 The cormidial ‘zooids’ of advanced cheilostomes 4 Colony morphology and function 4.1 Colony-form classifications 4.2 Growth and colony-form 4.3 Functional morphology of colony-form 4.4 Colony propagation in lunulitiform bryozoans 4.5 Multizooidal feeding morphologies 4.6 Life histories 4.7 Colonial integration 4.8 Endolithic and etching bryozoans 5 Biotic interactions 5.1 Competition 5.2 Predation 5.3 Symbioses 5.4 Bryozoans as habitat providers 6 Ecology and palaeoecology 6.1 Habitats of bryozoans 6.2 Bryozoans in reefs and mounds 6.3 Colony-forms and palaeoenvironments 6.4 Depth distributions and palaeobathymetry 6.5 Sedimentary record of bryozoans 6.6 Taphonomy 6.7 Palaeoclimatology and zooid size 7 Biogeography 7.1 Cosmopolitan vs. endemic distributions 7.2 Modes of dispersal 7.3 Biogeography of bryozoans at the present day 7.4 Latitudinal diversity gradient 7.5 Palaeobiogeography 8 Phylogeny 8.1 Relationships with other phyla 8.2 Inter-relationships of bryozoan classes 8.3 Inter-relationships of bryozoan orders 8.4 Morphological phylogenies 8.5 Molecular phylogenies 9 Evolution and fossil history 9.1 Phanerozoic bryozoan diversity 9.2 Cambrian bryozoans? 9.3 Great Ordovician Biodiversification Event 9.4 End-Ordovician extinction 9.5 Devonian extinctions 9.6 Permian mass extinctions 9.7 Triassic mass extinction 9.8 Jurassic cyclostome radiation 9.9 Cretaceous–Palaeogene radiations 9.10 End Cretaceous and Danian extinctions 9.11 Convergence 9.12 Palaeostomates and post-Palaeozoic cyclostomes compared 9.13 Frontal shield evolution in ascophoran cheilostomes 9.14 Cyclostomes vs. cheilostomes 9.15 Colony-forms through geological time 9.16 Evolotionary tempo in bryozoans 10 Prospective future research
• Publisher Details: Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons, Inc
• Publication Date: 2020
• Copyright Date: 2020
• Extent: 1 online resource, color illustrations
• Subjects: 564/.67; Bryozoa, Fossil; Bryozoa; Bryozoa -- Ecology; SCIENCE / Paleontology; Bryozoa -- Ecology; Bryozoa, Fossil; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781118454961; 1118454960; 9781118454992; 1118454995; 9781118454985; 1118454987
• Related ISBNs: 9781118455005
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on September 03, 2020).
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