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This volume embraces the history of insect palaeontology, methods for studying fossils, the taphonomic processes leading to their formation, the diagnostic features of all insect orders, both extant and extinct, the major fossils of each order, and the implications that can be drawn from the palaeoentomological record about past ecology and climates. It includes a very large number of illustrations showing both real fossils and reconstructions of extinct taxa. The systematic part is treated in a phylogenetic framework, with information on fossil groups being used to help interpret relationships. An appendix provides information on sites where fossil insects have been found. This book should be useful to all students of palaeoentomology and contains information that should be of interest to students of insect evolutionary relationships and of palaeontology in general.

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Author:   Donald L. Quicke ,  Donald L. Quicke
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Imprint:   Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Edition:   1st ed. 2002. Corr. 2nd printing 2007
Dimensions:   Width: 21.60cm , Height: 3.80cm , Length: 27.90cm
Weight:   1.578kg
ISBN:  

9781402000263

ISBN 10:   140200026
Pages:   517
Publication Date:   31 May 2002
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock  
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Table of Contents

to Palaeoentomology.- Class Insecta Linné, 1758. The Insects (=Scarabaeoda Laicharting, 1781).- General Features of Insect History.- Appendix: Alphabetic List of Selected Insect Fossil Sites. 

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