part 1 PART I: INTRODUCTION -- chapter 1 Gould, Schram and the paleontological perspective in evolutionary biology -- part 2 PART II: PALEOZOOLOGY -- chapter 2 Decapod crustaceans, the K/P event, and Palaeocene recovery -- chapter 3 Oelandocaris oelandica and the stem lineage of Crustacea -- chapter 4 Early Palaeozoic non-lamellipedian arthropods -- chapter 5 Comparative morphology and relationships of the Agnostida -- part 3 PART III: DEVELOPMENT AND EVOLUTION -- chapter 6 Heads, Hox and the phylogenetic position of trilobites -- chapter 7 Resolving arthropod relationships: Present and future insights from evo-devo studies -- part 4 PART IV: COMPARATIVE MORPHOLOGY -- chapter 8 Evolution of eye structure and arthropod phylogeny -- chapter 9 Appendage loss and regeneration in arthropods: A comparative view -- part 5 PART V: ARTHROPOD PHYLOGENETICS -- chapter 10 What are Ostracoda? A cladistic analysis of the extant superfamilies of the subclasses Myodocopa and Podocopa (Crustacea: Ostracoda) -- chapter 11 Relationships within the Pancrustacea: Examining the influence of additional Malacostracan 18S and 28S rDNA -- chapter 12 Relationships between hexapods and crustaceans based on four mitochondrial genes -- chapter 13 The position of crustaceans within Arthropoda - Evidence from nine molecular loci and morphology -- part 6 PART VI: METAZOAN PHYLOGENETICS -- chapter 14 Playing another round of metazoan phylogenetics: Historical epistemology, sensitivity analysis, and the position of Arthropoda within the Metazoa on the basis of morphology.