History of insects

種類:

電子ブック

責任表示:

by N.V. Belayeva [and others] ; edited by Alexandr P. Rasnitsyn and Donald L.J. Quicke

出版情報:

Dordrecht ; Boston : Kluwer Academic Publishers, ©2002

著者名:

• Belayeva, N. V.
• Rasnit︠s︡yn, A. P.
• Quicke, Donald L. J.

ISBN:

9780306475771 [0306475774]    
9786610200658 [6610200653]    

注記:

This is the first time that a single book has attempted to cover the whole of the fossil history of insects so comprehensively. The volume embraces the history of insect palaeontology, methods for studying fossils, the taphonomic processes leading to their formation, the diagnostic features of all insect orders, both extant and extinct, the major fossils of each order, and the implications that can be drawn from the palaeoentomological record about past ecology and climates. Many new insights are presented. It is the product principally of the largest palaeoentomological group in the world, in Moscow, and makes full use of the remarkable collection that these workers have developed. It includes a very large number of illustrations showing both real fossils and reconstructions of extinct taxa. The systematic part is treated in a phylogenetic framework, with information on fossil groups being used to help interpret relationships. An appendix provides information on virtually all sites where fossil insects have
Includes bibliographical references (pages 447-493) and index
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