Evolution of the Vertebrates: A History of the Background Animals Through Time/

Colbert,Edwin H

Evolution of the Vertebrates: A History of the Background Animals Through Time/ by Edwin H.Colbert - 2nd ed. - New Delhi: Wiley Eastern Limited, 1976. - xvi,535p.

1.Introduction--
2.Jawless Vertebrates--
3.The Acanthodians and Placoderms--
4.Success of the Fishes--
5.From Water to Land-
6.Early Vertebrate Faunas--
7.Amphibians--
8.Advent of the Reptiles--
9.Mammal -Like Reptiles--
10.Conquest of the Land-- 11.Early Ruling Reptiles--
12.Marine Reptiles--
13.Flying Reptiles and Bird--
14.Triimph of the Dinosaurs--
15.Years of the Dinosaurs--
16.Surviving Reptiles--
17.Beginning of the Mammals--
18.Marsupials--
19.Introduction to the Placentals--
20.The Diverging Placentals-- 21.Evolution of the Primates--
22.Rodents and Rabbits--
23.Cetaceans--
24.Creodonts and Carnivores--
25.Ancient Hoofed Mammals--
26.South American Ungulates--
27.Perissodactyls--
28.Artiodactyls--
29.Elephants and Their Kin--
30.The Age of Mammals.

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Vertebrates, Fossil
Vertebrates--Evolution
Vertebrates--Phylogeny
Phylogeny

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