Vertebrate life

by Pough, F. Harvey

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Title Statements

Full title :Vertebrate life / F. Harvey Pough, Christine M. Janis

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2019
Edition:Tenth edition

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Sinauer Associates/Oxford University Press
Place of Publication:New York
Language:eng
Publication Date:2019

Notes

Previous edition: Boston: Pearson, 2013

The Physical Object

Description:xvii, 552 s. ; : 29 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781605356075 (hardback), 1605356077
oclc:on1120768506
LC Classification:QL605
Dewey Decimal:596

1. Evolution, diversity, and classification of vertebrates. 2. What is a vertebrate?. 3. Jawless vertebrates and the origin of jawed vertebrates. 4. Living in water. 5. Geography and ecology of the Paleozoic era. 6. Radiation of diversification of chondrichthyes. 7. Extant chondrichthyans. 8. Radiation and diversity of osteichthyes. 9. Extant bony fishes. 10. Origin and radiation of tetrapods. 11. Extant amphibians. 12. Living on land. 13. Geography and ecology of the Mesozoic Era. 14. Synapsids and sauropsids. 15. Ectothermy : a low-energy approach to life. 16. Turtles. 17. Lepidosaurs. 18. Crocodylians. 19. Mesozoic diapsids : dinosaurs and others. 20. Endothermy: a high-energy approach to life. 21. The origin and radiation of birds. 22. Extant birds. 23. Geography and ecology of the Cenozoic Era. 24. Synapsida and the evolution of mammals. 25. Extant mammals. 26. Primate evolution and the emergence of humans