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9781405144490

Vertebrate Palaeontology, 3rd Edition

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    9781405144490

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    1405144491

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  • Copyright: 2009-02-01
  • Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
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Summary

Vertebrate 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. Highlights astonishing new discoveries including new dinosaurs and Mesozoic birds from China features a new chapter on how to study fossil vertebrates provides an increased emphasis on the cladistic framework with cladograms set apart from the body of the text and full lists of diagnostic characters includes new molecular evidence on early mammal diversification new features aid study including new functional and developmental feature spreads, key questions and extensive references to useful web sites strong phylogenetic focus making it an up-to-date source of the latest broad-scale systematic data on vertebrate evolutionTo access the artwork from the book, please visit: www.blackwellpublishing.com/benton.

Table of Contents

Vertebrate Origins
Key Questions
Introduction
Sea Squirts And The Lancelet
Phylum Hemichordata: Pterobranchs And Acorn Worms
Deuterostome Relationships
Chordate Origins
Vertebrates And The Head
Further Reading
How To Study Fossil Vertebrates
Key Questions
Introduction
Digging Up Bones
Geology And Fossil Vertebrates
Biology And Fossil Vertebrates
Discovering Phylogeny
The Quality Of The Fossil Record
Further Reading
Early Fishes
Key Questions
Introduction
Cambrian Vertebrates
Vertebrate Hard Tissues
The Jawless Fishes
Origin Of Jaws And Gnathostome Relationships
Class Placodermi: Armour-Plated Monsters
Class Chondrichthyes: The First Sharks
Class Acanthodii: The æSpiny SkinsÆ
Devonian Environments
Class Osteichthyes: The Bony Fishes
Early Fish Evolution And Mass Extinction
Further Reading
The Early Tetrapods And Amphibians
Key Questions
Introduction
Problems Of Life On Land
Devonian Tetrapods
The Carboniferous World
Diversity Of Carboniferous Tetrapods
Temnospondyls And Reptiliomorphs After The Carboniferous
Evolution Of Modern Amphibians
Further Reading
The Evolution Of Early Amniotes
Key Questions
Introduction
Hylonomus And Paleothyris û Biology Of The First Amniotes
Amniote Evolution
The Permian World
The Early Evolution Of Anapsids And Diapsids
Basal Synapsid Evolution
Mass Extinction
Further Reading
Reptiles Of The Triassic
Key Questions
Introduction
The Triassic Scene
Evolution Of The Archosauromorphs
In Triassic Seas
The Origin Of The Dinosaurs
Further Reading
The Evolution Of Fishes After The Devonian
Key Questions
Introduction
The Early Sharks And Chimaeras
Post-Palaeozoic Chondrichthyan Radiation
The Early Bony Fishes
Radiation Of The Teleosts
Post-Devonian Evolution Of Fishes
Further Reading
The Age Of Dinosaurs
Key Questions
Introduction
Biology Of Plateosaurus
The Jurassic And Cretaceous World
The Diversity Of Saurischian Dinosaurs
The Diversity Of Ornithischian Dinosaurs
Were The Dinosaurs Warm-Blooded Or Not?
Order Terosauria
Order Testudines: The Turtles
Order Crocodylia
Superorder Lepidosauria
The Great Sea Dragons
Diversification Of JurassicûCretaceous Reptiles
The KT Event
Further Reading
The Birds
Key Questions
Introduction
Archaeopteryx
The Origin Of Bird Flight
Toothed Birds Of The Cretaceous
The Radiation Of Modern Birds
Flightless Birds: Division Palaeognathae
Division Neognathae
Diversification Of The Birds
Further Reading
The Mammals
Key Questions
Introduction
Cynodonts And The Acquisition Of Mammalian Characters
The First Mammals
The Mesozoic Mammals
The Marsupials
South American Mammals û Another World Apart
The Afrotheria And Break-Up Of Gondwana
The Beginning Of The Age Of Placental Mammals
Basal Laurasiatherians: Insectivores And Bats
Superorder Cetartiodactyla: Cattle, Pigs And Whales
Order Perissodactyla: Grazers And Browsers
Orders Carnivora And Pholidota
Superorder Archonta: Primates, Tree Shrews And Flying Lemurs
Superorder Glires: Rodents, Rabbits And Relatives
Ice Age Extinction Of Large Mammals
The Pattern Of Mammalian Evolution
Further Reading
Human Evolution
Key Questions
Introduction
What Are The Primates?
The Early Fossil Record Of Primates
Superfamily Hominoidea: The Apes
Evolution Of Human Characteristics
The Early Stages Of Human Evolution
The Last Two Million Years Of Human Evolution
Further Reading
Appendix: Classification Of The Vertebrates
Glossary
References
Index
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