An edition of Dominican amber spiders
(2008)
Dominican amber spiders
a comparative palaeontological-neontological approach to identification, faunistics, ecology and biogeography
by David Penney
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Dominican amber spiders: a comparative palaeontological-neontological approach to identification, faunistics, ecology and biogeography
2008, Siri Scientific Press
in English
0955863600 9780955863608
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Table of Contents
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.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 156-170) and index.
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