Echinoderm Morphological Disparity: Methods, Patterns, and - Possibilitie

Echinoderms have been used to study the methodology of disparity analyses and potential biases as well as documenting the morphological patterns observed in clades through time. Combining morphological studies with phylogenetic analyses or other disparate data sets allows for the testing of detailed and far-reaching evolutionary hypotheses.

List of contents

1. Introduction; 2. Methods of quantifying morphology; 3. A priori choices in experimental design; 4. Taphonomy and missing data; 5. Patterns in Phanerozoic disparity; 6. Future directions.

Summary

Echinoderms have been used to study the methodology of disparity analyses and potential biases as well as documenting the morphological patterns observed in clades through time. Combining morphological studies with phylogenetic analyses or other disparate data sets allows for the testing of detailed and far-reaching evolutionary hypotheses.

Product details

• Authors: Bradley Deline, Bradley (University of West Georgia) Deline, DELINE BRADLEY
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.01.2021
• EAN: 9781108794749
• ISBN: 978-1-108-79474-9
• No. of pages: 75
• Series: Elements of Paleontology
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology; Evolution, SCIENCE / Paleontology, Palaeontology, Evolution / Evolutionary biology