TY - BOOK AU - Colbert,Edwin H TI - Evolution of the Vertebrates: A History of the Background Animals Through Time SN - 085226125X U1 - 596 PY - 1976/// CY - New Delhi PB - Wiley Eastern Limited KW - Vertebrates, Fossil KW - Vertebrates--Evolution KW - Vertebrates--Phylogeny KW - Phylogeny N1 - 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 ER -