To see accurate pricing, please choose your delivery country.
 
 
United States
£ GBP
All Shops

British Wildlife

8 issues per year 84 pages per issue Subscription only

British Wildlife is the leading natural history magazine in the UK, providing essential reading for both enthusiast and professional naturalists and wildlife conservationists. Published eight times a year, British Wildlife bridges the gap between popular writing and scientific literature through a combination of long-form articles, regular columns and reports, book reviews and letters.

Subscriptions from £33 per year

Conservation Land Management

4 issues per year 44 pages per issue Subscription only

Conservation Land Management (CLM) is a quarterly magazine that is widely regarded as essential reading for all who are involved in land management for nature conservation, across the British Isles. CLM includes long-form articles, events listings, publication reviews, new product information and updates, reports of conferences and letters.

Subscriptions from £26 per year
Academic & Professional Books  Palaeontology  Palaeontology: General

Receptaculitids: A Phylogenetic Debate on a Problematic Fossil Taxon

By: Matthew H Nitecki, Harry Mutvei and Doris V Nitecki
239 pages, B/w illus
Receptaculitids: A Phylogenetic Debate on a Problematic Fossil Taxon
Click to have a closer look
  • Receptaculitids: A Phylogenetic Debate on a Problematic Fossil Taxon ISBN: 9780306462016 Hardback Aug 1999 Not in stock: Usually dispatched within 1-2 weeks
    £89.99
    #104222
Price: £89.99
About this book Contents Customer reviews Related titles

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 ??land, the authors conclude that receptaculitids possess an attribute not found in any other group of organisms, living or fossil.

Contents

The biography of an idea; geology; morphological characteristics of Fisherites orbis; morphology of a Merom; quaestio disputata - morphological reductionism; summary and beyond. Addendum: horns of dilemma - phosphatization. Appendixes: taxonomic assignment of receptaculitids; named receptaculitid taxa.

Customer Reviews

By: Matthew H Nitecki, Harry Mutvei and Doris V Nitecki
239 pages, B/w illus
Current promotions
New and Forthcoming BooksNHBS Moth TrapBritish Wildlife MagazineBuyers Guides