History of the Coelacanth Fishes

This book evaluates the reputation of the coelacanth, presenting up-to-date accounts of the structure of fossil coelacanths, and suggests a family history to show that there have been subtle but significant changes in coelacanth history.

List of contents

Introduction. Comparative anatomy. Interrerlationships of coelacanths. Classification and evolution of coelacanths. Summary of major findings. Appendices.

Summary

This book evaluates the reputation of the coelacanth, presenting up-to-date accounts of the structure of fossil coelacanths, and suggests a family history to show that there have been subtle but significant changes in coelacanth history.

Report

`Collaboration between Chapman & Hall and the Natural History Museum has produced this rich and erudite volume...are to be congratulated on their commitment. ...elegantly written and easy enough to assimilate. Most palaeoichthyologists will have it on their wish-list.'
Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 13:8 (1998)

Product details

• Authors: P. L. Forey, Peter Forey, Peter L. Forey
• Publisher: Springer Netherlands
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 29.06.2009
• EAN: 9780412784804
• ISBN: 978-0-412-78480-4
• No. of pages: 420
• Weight: 1043 g
• Illustrations: XIV, 420 p.
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Palaeontology