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Review REVIEW R. C. MOORE, (Director and Editor), Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part R, Arthropoda, 4: 1-651, 3 tables and 397 figures. (University of Kansas and Geological Society of America Inc., Boulder, Colorado, 1969). - - - - -- - . - - , - , - , , . These two volumes fill out the Arthropoda section of this Series, an endeavour which began with Part P in 1955 and which will not be completed until the large third volume of Part R (fossil Insecta) appears. Only the introductory and entomostracan chapters (pp. Rl-295, p. R628) are reviewed here. Like all the Treatise volumes these are impressively produced. They are set in a clear type, use the proven Treatise format and are well illustrated. The larger volume carries a valuable glossary but, with the notable exception of the chapter on Cirripedia, lacks the useful tables which in previous volumes have afforded non-specialists handy primers on generic time-ranges. In his Introduction, Moore notes that Part R has been more difficult to organise than any previously published Part. It might have been hoped that, as a result of this long gestation, Part R would date less rapidly than some other volumes http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Crustaceana Brill

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Crustaceana , Volume 19 (1): 3 – Jan 1, 1970

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Brill
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Copyright © Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
ISSN
0011-216X
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1568-5403
DOI
10.1163/156854070x00734
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REVIEW R. C. MOORE, (Director and Editor), Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part R, Arthropoda, 4: 1-651, 3 tables and 397 figures. (University of Kansas and Geological Society of America Inc., Boulder, Colorado, 1969). - - - - -- - . - - , - , - , , . These two volumes fill out the Arthropoda section of this Series, an endeavour which began with Part P in 1955 and which will not be completed until the large third volume of Part R (fossil Insecta) appears. Only the introductory and entomostracan chapters (pp. Rl-295, p. R628) are reviewed here. Like all the Treatise volumes these are impressively produced. They are set in a clear type, use the proven Treatise format and are well illustrated. The larger volume carries a valuable glossary but, with the notable exception of the chapter on Cirripedia, lacks the useful tables which in previous volumes have afforded non-specialists handy primers on generic time-ranges. In his Introduction, Moore notes that Part R has been more difficult to organise than any previously published Part. It might have been hoped that, as a result of this long gestation, Part R would date less rapidly than some other volumes

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CrustaceanaBrill

Published: Jan 1, 1970

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