ABSTRACT

Morphodynamics is defined as the unique interaction among environment, functional morphology, developmental constraints, phylogeny, and time-all of which shape the evolution of life. These fabricational patterns and similarities owe their regularity not to a detailed genetic program, but to extrinsic factors, which may be mechanical, chemical, or b

chapter 1|14 pages

Fabricational Noise in Body Shapes

chapter 2|14 pages

Other Fabricational Morphospaces

chapter 3|14 pages

BIFURCATING AND INTERCALATING PATTERNS

chapter 4|15 pages

Other Patterns

chapter 5|14 pages

Lifestyles and Functional Convergence

chapter 7|21 pages

Taphonomy

chapter 8|15 pages

Protists

chapter 10|16 pages

SPONGES

chapter 11|19 pages

Soft-Bottom Actinians and Jellyfish

chapter 12|15 pages

Soft-Bottom Corals

chapter 15|20 pages

Bivalves II: Evolutionary Ecology

chapter 18|18 pages

Ammonites II: Septal Apparatus

chapter 19|18 pages

Ammonites III: Taphonomy

chapter 20|14 pages

Straight Cephalopods

chapter 21|15 pages

Worm-like Organisms

chapter 22|21 pages

Trilobites

chapter 23|22 pages

Cirripeds: Arthropods Become Sessile

chapter 24|27 pages

ECHINOIDS

chapter 25|18 pages

Crinoids

chapter 27|19 pages

Clonal Colonies