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Receptaculitids

A Phylogenetic Debate on a Problematic Fossil Taxon

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvii
  2. Introduction

    • Matthew H. Nitecki, Harry Mutvei, Doris V. Nitecki
    Pages 1-14
  3. The Biography of an Idea

    • Matthew H. Nitecki, Harry Mutvei, Doris V. Nitecki
    Pages 15-30
  4. Geology

    • Matthew H. Nitecki, Harry Mutvei, Doris V. Nitecki
    Pages 31-52
  5. Morphological Characteristics of Öland Fisherites orbis

    • Matthew H. Nitecki, Harry Mutvei, Doris V. Nitecki
    Pages 53-69
  6. Morphology of a Merom

    • Matthew H. Nitecki, Harry Mutvei, Doris V. Nitecki
    Pages 71-107
  7. Quaestio disputata: Morphological Reductionism

    • Matthew H. Nitecki, Harry Mutvei, Doris V. Nitecki
    Pages 109-142
  8. Summary and Beyond

    • Matthew H. Nitecki, Harry Mutvei, Doris V. Nitecki
    Pages 143-152
  9. Back Matter

    Pages 153-241

About this book

Receptaculitids are extinct high-level fossils that provide a window into the history of life. After the discovery and analysis of a deposit of phosphatized receptaculitids on the Baltic Sea island of Öland, the authors conclude that receptaculitids possess an attribute not found in any other group of organisms, living or fossil.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Field Museum of Natural History and The University of Chicago, Chicago, USA

    Matthew H. Nitecki

  • Museum of Paleontology at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA

    Matthew H. Nitecki

  • Swedish Museum of Natural History, Stockholm, Sweden

    Harry Mutvei

  • Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, USA

    Doris V. Nitecki

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Receptaculitids

  • Book Subtitle: A Phylogenetic Debate on a Problematic Fossil Taxon

  • Authors: Matthew H. Nitecki, Harry Mutvei, Doris V. Nitecki

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-4691-7

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 1999

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-306-46201-6Published: 31 August 1999

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4613-7124-3Published: 31 October 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4615-4691-7Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVII, 241

  • Topics: Paleontology

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