Overview
- The book is a remarkable treatment of both fossil and living forms of cephalopods, with the aim of presenting the wide diversity.
- Highlights include new evidence for the existence of an ink sac in fossil ammonoids, a biogeographic study of clymeniid ammonoids throughout the world, and an in-depth study of octopus ecology in Alaska.
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Table of contents (20 chapters)
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Phylogeny and Systematics
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Morphology of Soft and Hard Tissues
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Biogeography, Biostratigraphy, Ecology, and Taphonomy
Reviews
From the reviews:
"Cephalopods Present and Past is a well-edited volume whose content is based on a 2004 conference. … The chapters, written by an international group of scientists, essentially constitute review papers in a specialized subset of paleontology. As such, these chapters will be required reading for specialists. … This book will be important for libraries that maintain a research collection in invertebrate paleontology or invertebrate zoology. Summing Up: Recommended. Graduate students through professionals." (P. K. Strother, CHOICE, Vol. 45 (11), August, 2008)
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Neil H. Landman: Curator-in-Charge, Invertebrate Paleontology, American Museum of Natural History; PhD, Yale University, 1982; Researcher in ammonoid paleobiology, systematics, and biostratigraphy.
Richard Arnold Davis: Professor of Biology and Geology, College of Mount St. Joseph; PhD, The University of Iowa, 1968; Researcher in the biology and taphonomy of fossil and present day cephalopods.
Royal H. Mapes: Professor Emeritus, Ohio University; PhD, The University of Iowa, 1977; Researcher in cephalopod systematics, phylogeny, taphonomy, and paleobiology
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Cephalopods Present and Past: New Insights and Fresh Perspectives
Editors: Neil H. Landman, Richard Arnold Davis, Royal H. Mapes
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-6806-5
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2007
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-6461-6Published: 17 September 2007
Softcover ISBN: 978-94-007-9681-2Published: 20 September 2014
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4020-6806-5Published: 09 September 2007
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVII, 481
Topics: Biogeosciences, Zoology, Paleontology