Vertebrate Palaeontology: Biology and Evolution
- ISBN-10
- 0045660026
- ISBN-13
- 9780045660025
- Series
- Vertebrate Palaeontology
- Category
- Paleontology
- Pages
- 377
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1990
- Publisher
- Allen & Unwin Australia
- Author
- Michael J. Benton
Description
The story of the evolution of the vertebrates is fascinating. Currently, there is an explosion of new research ideas in the field: the closest fossil relatives of the vertebrates; dramatic new fish specimens unlike anything now living; the adaptations required for the move on to land; the relationships of the early amphibians and reptiles; the origins and biology of the dinosaurs; the role of mass extinction in vertebrate evolution; new Mesozoic birds; the earliest mammals; ecology and mammalian diversification; and the origins and evolution of humans. Vertebrate Palaeontology presents a complete outline of the history of the vertebrates, based on the latest studies by palaeontologists around the world. The work is international in scope, and new material included here for the first time comes from North and South America, Australia, Europe, China, Africa and Russia.
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