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Vertebrate palaeontology / Michael J. Benton, School of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Chichester, West Sussex ; Hoboken, NJ : Wiley Blackwell, 2015Edition: Fourth editionDescription: xi, 468 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 29 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781118407554 (hardback) :
  • 9781118406847 (paperback) :
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Online version:: Vertebrate palaeontologyDDC classification:
  • 566 23
LOC classification:
  • QE841 .B44 2015
Contents:
1. Vertebrates originate -- 2. How to study fossil vertebrates -- 3. Early Palaeozoic fishes -- 4. Early tetrapods and amphibians -- 5. $t Evolution of early amniotes -- 6. Bounceback : tetrapods of the Triassic -- 7. Evolution of fishes after the Devonian -- 8. The age of dinosaurs -- 9. The birds -- 10. Mammals -- 11. Human evolution -- Appendix. Classification of the vertebrates.

Formerly CIP. Uk

Accompanied by student companion website with PowerPoints of all figures for downloading.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Vertebrates originate -- 2. How to study fossil vertebrates -- 3. Early Palaeozoic fishes -- 4. Early tetrapods and amphibians -- 5. $t Evolution of early amniotes -- 6. Bounceback : tetrapods of the Triassic -- 7. Evolution of fishes after the Devonian -- 8. The age of dinosaurs -- 9. The birds -- 10. Mammals -- 11. Human evolution -- Appendix. Classification of the vertebrates.

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