Abstract
A long-awaited book about fossil arachnids Book review: Dunlop JA, Penney D (2012) Fossil Arachnids. Monograph Series Volume 2. Siri Scientific Press, Manchester, 192 pp.
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A long-awaited book about fossil arachnids Book review: Dunlop JA, Penney D (2012) Fossil Arachnids
The deficit of more general overview works as a resource of background information for neontologists as well as palaeontologists was recently addressed for insects (Rasnitsyn and Quicke 2002; Grimaldi and Engel 2005)
Foreword, a list of museum acronyms and a useful illustration of the geological timescale included for reference purposes, the work begins with an introduction to arachnids from a palaeontological perspective
Summary
A long-awaited book about fossil arachnids Book review: Dunlop JA, Penney D (2012) Fossil Arachnids. Foreword, a list of museum acronyms and a useful illustration of the geological timescale included for reference purposes, the work begins with an introduction to arachnids from a palaeontological perspective. Provides some historical references and explains what arachnids are with regard to their anatomy, in order to provide the relevant information for what follows in the later chapters.
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