Vertebrate PalaeontologyVertebrate Palaeontology is a complete, up-to-date history of the evolution of vertebrates. The third edition of this popular text has been extensively revised to incorporate the latest research, including new material from North and South America, Australia, Europe, China, Africa and Russia.
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CHAPTER 3 Early Palaeozoic Fishes | 38 |
CHAPTER 4
The Early Tetrapods and
Amphibians | 74 |
CHAPTER 5
The Evolution of Early Amniotes | 106 |
CHAPTER 6
Tetrapods of the Triassic | 136 |
CHAPTER 7
The Evolution of Fishes after
the Devonian | 158 |
CHAPTER 8
The Age of Dinosaurs | 187 |
CHAPTER 9
The Birds | 256 |
CHAPTER 10
The Mammals | 288 |
CHAPTER 11
Human Evolution | 363 |
Classification
of the vertebrates | 389 |
Glossary | 404 |
408 | |
439 | |
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absent actinopterygians Africa amniotes animals archosaurs basal tetrapods Benton birds body bones bony braincase broad Carboniferous carnivores characters cheek teeth chordates clade cladogram courtesy crocodilians cynodonts dentary deuterostomes Devonian diapsid digits dinosaurs dorsal view early elongate Eocene etal Europe evolution extinction Family faunas feathers fenestra fishes foramen forms fossil record fused genera gill girdle groups herbivores hindlimbs humerus incisors Jurassic known Late Cretaceous Late Triassic lateral view limbs living lizards lower jaw major mammals marsupials maxilla Miocene modern molars molecular morphological muscles Myr ago North America ofthe Oligocene orbit Order outgroups Palaeocene palaeontologists palate pectoral pelvic Permian phylogeny placental plates Pleistocene posterior premaxilla prey primitive pterosaurs quadrate radiated region relationships relatives reptiles rodents sarcopterygians sharks skeleton skull Figure skull in lateral snout South species specimens spines squamosal synapomorphies synapsids tail temnospondyls temporal fenestra tetrapods theropods tooth tree upper vertebrates