Taphonomy of Echinoids (eBook)

Skeletal Morphologies, Environmental Factors, and Preservation Pathways

Andrea Mancosu, James H. Nebelsick (Autoren)

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2021
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-1-108-89660-3 (ISBN)

Infos

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.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 21.10.2021
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Evolution
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Mineralogie / Paläontologie
• ISBN-10: 1-108-89660-X / 110889660X
• ISBN-13: 978-1-108-89660-3 / 9781108896603