Vertebrate evolution : from origins to dinosaurs and beyond
Author(s)
Bibliographic Information
Vertebrate evolution : from origins to dinosaurs and beyond
CRC Press, 2022
- : hbk
Available at / 1 libraries
-
No Libraries matched.
- Remove all filters.
Note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Provides an up-to-date account of evolution of vertebrates
Includes numerous beautiful color reconstructions of prehistoric vertebrates
Describes extinct vertebrates and their evolutionary history
Discusses and illustrates the first vertebrates, as well as familiar lineages of fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals
Reviews mass extinctions and other important events in the diversification of vertebrates
Table of Contents
Introduction
The Origin of Vertebrates
Jawless fish
Primitive gnathostomes
Bony Fish
The transition to land
Tetrapods diversify
Primitive reptiles
Back to the sea: marine reptiles
The Scaly ones: Lizards and snakes
Ruling Reptiles: Archosaurs
Crocodylomorphs
Pterosaurs
Origin of dinosaurs
Ornithischian dinosaurs I
Ornithischian dinosaurs II
Sauropods
Theropods
Birds
Synapsids: The origin of mammals: Synapsids
Primitive Mammals: Mesozoic Mammals, Monotremes, and Marsupials
The placental explosion: The Mammals Diversify
Laurasiatheria I: Carnivores, Bat, Insectivores, and their Kin
Laurasiatheria II: The Ungulates
Euarchontoglires: Rodents, Rabbits, Primates-And Humans
by "Nielsen BookData"