Vertebrate Palaeontology

✍ Scribed by Michael J. Benton (auth.)

Publisher: Springer US
Year: 1997
Tongue: English
Leaves: 455
Category: Library

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✦ Table of Contents

Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xii
Vertebrate Origins....Pages 1-13
How to Study Fossil Vertebrates....Pages 15-35
Early Fishes....Pages 37-73
The Early Tetrapods and Amphibians....Pages 75-102
The Evolution of Early Amniotes....Pages 103-132
Reptiles of the Triassic....Pages 133-156
The Evolution of Fishes after the Devonian....Pages 157-185
The Age of Dinosaurs....Pages 187-257
The Birds....Pages 259-286
The Mammals....Pages 287-362
Human Evolution....Pages 363-389
Back Matter....Pages 391-452

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