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.