Evolution of the Vertebrates: A History of the Backboned Animals Through TimeA comprehensive survey of vertebrate evolution, based upon our knowledge of the fossil record. New edition introduces concept of Plate Tectonics, and is completely up-to-date. Contains many attractive illustrations. Presupposes no prior scientific background. |
Contents
AMPHIBIANS | 7 |
JAWLESS VERTEBRATES | 11 |
FLYING REPTILES AND BIRDS | 13 |
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acanthodians actinopterygians adaptive radiation Africa amphibians ancestors animals armor arthrodires artiodactyls became body bones bony fishes braincase canine carnivores Cenozoic characters cheek teeth chondrosteans continued cotylosaurs Cretaceous crossopterygians cusps Devonian dinosaurs dorsal fin elongated Eocene epoch evolution evolutionary development evolutionary history evolved extinct faunas feet Figure fossil record front genera genus geologic gill head shield heterocercal tail hind holosteans ichthyostegids incisors jawless Jurassic known labyrinthodonts land-living vertebrates late later limbs lines lived lower jaw lungfishes mammals marsupials Mesozoic middle Miocene modern molars North America numerous Oligocene Order ornithischian ostracoderms paired fins Paleocene Paleozoic pectoral pelvic perissodactyls Permian placental placoderms plates Pleistocene Pliocene premolars Prepared by Lois primitive probably region reptiles rhachitomes rodents sediments sharks side Silurian skeleton skull South specialized spines stereospondyls Suborder teleosts temporal opening Tertiary tetrapods thecodonts therapsids theriodonts toes trend Triassic Triassic period typical ungulates upper whales