Functional Micromorphology of the Echinoderm Skeleton

ISBN-13: 9781108810319 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 75 str.

Przemyslaw Gorzelak

Opis

Studying the stereom microstructure of extinct echinoderms can provide us with important paleobiological and paleoecological information.

Spis treści

1. Introduction; 2. Biomineralization, Structure and Biogeochemistry of the Echinoderm Skeleton; 3. Stereom Types and Relationship to Phylogeny, Growth Rate and Investing Soft Tissues; 4. Stereom of Fossil Echinoderms – Preservation Style and Observational Methods; 5. Stereom Microstructure – A Powerful Tool for Assessing the Paleobiology and Paleoecology of Fossil Echinoderms; 6. Conclusions.