| Description |
1 online resource |
| Series |
Cambridge elements. Elements of paleontology |
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Cambridge elements. Elements of paleontology.
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| Summary |
The study of echinoid evolution, diversity, and ecology has always suffered from the fact that they are represented by taxa showing widely differing architectural designs of their multi-plated skeletons, inhabiting a large range of marine paleoenvironments, which result in highly varying taphonomic biases dictating their presence and recognition. This Element addresses the taphonomy of echinoids and includes: a general introduction to the morphological features of echinoids that play a role in their preservation; a review of processes which play an important role in the differential preservation of both regular and irregular echinoids including predation and transport; a summary of taphonomic pathways included in actualistic studies for recent sea urchins and then reconstructed for fossil taxa; and finally, a case study of the variation of echinoid taphonomy across a shelf gradient using the rich Miocene echinoid fauna of Sardinia |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on September 27, 2021) |
| Subject |
Sea urchins, Fossil.
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Taphonomy.
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Sea urchins -- Evolution
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Sea urchins, Fossil
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Taphonomy
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Mancosu, Andrea, author
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| ISBN |
9781108893411 |
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1108893414 |
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