Une révision générale des langoustes glyphéidés et litogastridés fossiles et actuelles, s'appuyant sur les nouvelles espèces décrites et les progrès des analyses phylogénétiques. Au total 990 spécimens illustrés de 583 figures et photographies. ©Electre 2024
This volume is the first global review of the fossil and extant glypheoid lobsters (Eucrustacea, Decapoda, Glypheoidea) included in the families Glypheidae and Litogastridae. Glypheoid lobsters form a particularly specialised group of decapod crustaceans which are highly diversified in the fossil record. They appeared in the Triassic, prospered in the Jurassic, and subsequently declined between the Cretaceous and the Eocene. This group was thought to have become extinct in the Eocene until the discovery and description of two extant species from the Pacific. Since 1822, more than 120 species of glypheoid lobsters have been described, and numerous problems in their interprétation, and classification have accumulated in the literature. Consequently, a thorough review with a synoptic approach is presented here. The main purpose is to update the old literature and to revise ail the glypheoid genera and species based exclusively upon the type specimens. All the proposed diagnoses and descriptions are presented using standard criteria and well established descriptive terminology. Literal translations of the old diagnoses are now available in English for the first time, which will help to demonstrate how the historical concepts of glypheoids have evolved over time. Most of the taxa discussed are thoroughly documented and illustrated to allow comparisons between the original figures and the updated versions. Thus about 990 specimens have been studied and are illustrated in 583 figures. The ultimate aim of this volume is to bring together ail the data of the fossil and extant glypheoid lobsters, and to set a new définitive framework which might become a standard method for all decapod researchers.
Paru le : 13/12/2013
Thématique : Préhistoire
Auteur(s) : Non précisé.
Éditeur(s) :
Publications scientifiques du Muséum
Collection(s) : Mémoires du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle
Contributeur(s) : Auteur : Sylvain Charbonnier - Auteur : Alessandro Garassino - Auteur : Günter Schweigert - Auteur : Martin Simpson
Série(s) : Non précisé.
ISBN : 978-2-85653-706-0
EAN13 : 9782856537060
Reliure : Relié
Pages : 304
Hauteur: 28.0 cm / Largeur 22.0 cm
Poids: 1250 g
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