Dominican amber spiders : a comparative palaeontological-neontological approach to identification, faunistics, ecology and biogeography /

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:Penney, David, 1968-
Imprint:[Manchester] : Siri Scientific Press, c2008.
Description:176 p. : ill. (some col.), diagrs., graphs, col. maps, tables ; 24 cm.
Language:English
Subject:
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7895802
Hidden Bibliographic Details
ISBN:9780955863608 (paperbound)
0955863600 (paperbound)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. 156-170) and index.

MARC

LEADER 00000cam a2200000Ia 4500
001 7895802
003 ICU
005 20100129103600.0
008 080529s2008 enkabd b 001 0 eng d
015 |a GBA8B5282  |2 bnb 
016 7 |a 014761830  |2 Uk 
020 |a 9780955863608 (paperbound) 
020 |a 0955863600 (paperbound) 
035 |a (OCoLC)229420252 
040 |a DNN  |c DNN  |d YDXCP  |d IXA  |d YAM  |d UKM  |d CAW  |d NLGGC 
043 |a nwdr--- 
049 |a CGUA 
050 4 |a QE826.A6  |b P46 2008 
082 0 4 |a 565.40972935  |2 22 
084 |a 42.74  |2 bcl 
100 1 |a Penney, David,  |d 1968-  |0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2008050136  |1 http://viaf.org/viaf/63483127 
245 1 0 |a Dominican amber spiders :  |b a comparative palaeontological-neontological approach to identification, faunistics, ecology and biogeography /  |c David Penney. 
260 |a [Manchester] :  |b Siri Scientific Press,  |c c2008. 
300 |a 176 p. :  |b ill. (some col.), diagrs., graphs, col. maps, tables ;  |c 24 cm. 
336 |a text  |b txt  |2 rdacontent  |0 http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/contentTypes/txt 
337 |a unmediated  |b n  |2 rdamedia  |0 http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/mediaTypes/n 
338 |a volume  |b nc  |2 rdacarrier  |0 http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/carriers/nc 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references (p. 156-170) and index. 
505 1 |a Introduction. Caught in the act ; What are spiders and how do they fit into the grand scheme of things? ; Spiders in the fossil record ; Age, radiations and extinction events ; What is the importance of fossil spiders and why should we study them? -- Dominican Republic amber. Some history ; A note on terminology ; Botanical source and age of Dominican amber ; Physical and chemical properties ; Tissue and DNA preservation ; Authenticity (distinguishing amber from copal and fakes) ; The mining process ; Methods of preparation and study ; Major collections of Dominican amber ; Conservation and curation of amber collections ; The diversity of Dominican amber inclusions -- History of Hispaniolan araneology. The extant fauna ; The fossil fauna ; Systematic checklist of fossil and extant Hispaniolan spiders -- Key to Hispaniolan spider families (fossil & extant). Morphology and terminology ; Key to the spider families of Hispaniola -- Family descriptions. Dipluridae ; Cyrtaucheniidae ; Microstigmatidae ; Barychelidae ; Theraphosidae ; Filistatidae ; Sicariidae ; Scytodidae ; Drymusidae ; Ochyroceratidae ; Pholcidea ; Caponiidae ; Tetrablemmidae ; Segestriidae ; Oonopidae ; Palpimanidae ; Mimetidae ; Oecobiidae ; Hersiliidae ; Deinopidae ; Uloboridae ; Nesticidae ; Theridiidae ; Theridiosomatidae ; Symphytognathidae ; Anapidae ; Mysemenidae ; Linyphiidae ; Nephilidae ; Tetragnathidae ; Araneidae ; Lycosidae ; Pisauridae ; Oxyopidae ; Zoridae ; Ctenidae ; Desidae ; Dictynidae ; Amaurobiidae ; Miturgidae ; Anyphaenidae ; Liocranidae ; Clubionidae ; Corinnidae ; Trochanteriidae ; Prodidomidae ; Gnaphosidae ; Selenopidae ; Sparassidae ; Philodromidae ; Thomisidae ; Salticidae -- Aspects of palaeoecology & historical biogeography. The Miocene Dominican amber forest ; Resin as a trap : taphonomy and bias of amber spider inclusions ; Comparison of the fossil and extant spider faunas ; Origins of the Hispaniolan spider fauna ; Predictions for the extant fauna based on the fossil fauna -- Other fossil arachnids in Dominican amber. 
650 0 |a Spiders, Fossil.  |0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85126628 
650 0 |a Spiders, Fossil  |z Dominican Republic. 
650 0 |a Amber fossils.  |0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh96001976 
650 0 |a Amber fossils  |z Dominican Republic. 
650 0 |a Amber  |z Dominican Republic. 
650 0 |a Paleontology  |y Miocene.  |0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85097132 
650 0 |a Paleontology  |z Dominican Republic. 
650 7 |a Amber.  |2 fast  |0 http://id.worldcat.org/fast/fst00806724 
650 7 |a Amber fossils.  |2 fast  |0 http://id.worldcat.org/fast/fst00806730 
650 7 |a Miocene Geologic Epoch.  |2 fast  |0 http://id.worldcat.org/fast/fst01353827 
650 7 |a Paleontology.  |2 fast  |0 http://id.worldcat.org/fast/fst01051513 
650 7 |a Spiders, Fossil.  |2 fast  |0 http://id.worldcat.org/fast/fst01129769 
651 7 |a Dominican Republic.  |2 fast  |0 http://id.worldcat.org/fast/fst01206148 
648 7 |a From 10 to 25 million years ago  |2 fast 
903 |a HeVa 
929 |a cat 
999 f f |i 5aab6a1a-7894-57f3-bd4d-54c24716e4b1  |s 655ce4a6-fed3-59ad-85c8-63f4e35ea52f 
928 |t Library of Congress classification  |a QE826.A6 P46 2008  |l JCL  |c JCL-Sci  |i 5607514 
927 |t Library of Congress classification  |a QE826.A6 P46 2008  |l JCL  |c JCL-Sci  |e MAYB  |e CRERAR  |b 092379063  |i 8685615