The evolutionary history of nematodes : as revealed in stone, amber and mummies /

This book establishes a solid base in palaeonematology with descriptions of 66 new fossil species and accounts of all previous fossil and subfossil nematodes from sedimentary deposits, coprolites, amber and mummies.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Poinar, George O. (Author)
Corporate Author: Brill Academic Publishers
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2011.
Series:Nematology monographs and perspectives ; v. 9.
Subjects:
Nematodes > Evolution.
Worms, Fossil.
Nématodes > Évolution.
Vers fossiles.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Zoology > Invertebrates.
Nematodes > Evolution
Worms, Fossil
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Types of preservation
  • Systematic treatment of fossil nematodes
  • Nematodes from the Precambrian
  • Nematodes from the Palaeozoic
  • Nematodes from the Mesozoic
  • Nematodes from the Tertiary
  • Nematodes from Pleistocene and Holocene deposits
  • Human parasites from Pleistocene and Holocene remains
  • Dubious nematode fossils
  • Nematode artefacts
  • Nematode time lines
  • Functional morphology and the behaviour of fossil nematodes.

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