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Principles of zoological micropalaeontology. Volume I /
Earth Sciences, Volume X: Principles of Zoological Micropalaeontology highlights the morphological, phylogenetic and ecological analysis of microfossils. This book is composed of 10 chapters that survey the most important microfossil taxa, their variety of form, evolution, relationships, and distrib...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés Alemán |
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Oxford :
Pergamon Press,
1963.
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| Colección: | International series of monographs on earth sciences.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front Cover; Principles of Zoological Micropalaeontology; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Foreword; Preface to English Edition; CHAPTER 1. MICROPALAEONTOLOGY AND MICROSTRATIGRAPHY (Basic terms and short survey of history); Micropalaeontology; Differentiation of micro- from macropalaeontology; Microstratigraphy; Short survey of the historical development of micropalaeontology; CHAPTER 2. THE COLLECTION, PREPARATION AND STUDY OF MICROFOSSILS; Sampling; Sampling from natural and artificial exposures; Sampling by drilling; Packaging of samples.; Treatment of samples.
- CHAPTER 3. MICROSTRATIGRAPHICAL METHODSGeneral; Microstratigraphical correlation of strata; Intraregional correlation of strata; Interregional correlation of strata.; CHAPTER 4. CLASS RADIOLARIA M�ULLER 1858; Diagnosis; Morphology of the soft parts; Skeleton; Reproduction; Ecology; Phylogeny; The facies of fossil radiolarian sediments; Geographical and palaeogeographical distribution of radiolarites and radiolaria; Historical development of radiolarian assemblages ; Classification; Appendix; CHAPTER 5. THEKAMOEBAE; Test; Reproduction; Ecology; Taxonomy; Geological distribution of Thekamoebae.
- CHAPTER 6. ORDER: FORAMINIFERA DORBIGNY 1826Definition; The shape of the test.; Building material and structure of the test wall; Orientation of the foraminiferal test; Morphology of the components of the test; Terminology for the dimensions of foraminiferal tests and their parts; Reproduction; Growth of the test; Ecology of living Foraminifera; Palaeoecology; Dis; ription of Foraminifera; Principles of a natural system of classification ; Taxonomy; Geological distribution of Foraminifera; History of foraminiferal research.
- Glossary of the most important scientific terms used in describing ForaminiferaCHAPTER 7. TINTINNINA; Description; Variability; Ecology of recent Tintinnina; Classification; Stratigraphical and palaeogeographical distribution ; History of research; CHAPTER 8. INCERTAE SEDIS: Pithonella, Stomtosphaera, Cadosina, Oligostegina, Spheres; (a) Pithonella; (b) Stomiosphaera.; (c) Cadosina; {d) Oligostegina; (e) Spheres; CHAPTER 9. CHITINOZOA ElSENACK 1931; Morphology; Composition of the wall.; Systematic position; Reproduction; Ecology; Stratigraphical and geographical distribution; Classification.
- CHAPTER 10. HYSTRICHOSPHERES AND SIMILAR MICRO-ORGANISMSDescription; Systematic position of the Hystrichospheres; Ecology; Geological distribution.; History of research; Classification; Microfossils Incertae sedis preserved as organic matter in flint ; ADDENDUM; BIBLIOGRAPHY; FOSSIL INDEX; SUBJECT INDEX ; AUTHOR INDEX.