| Edition |
Fourth edition. |
| Description |
xvii, 798 pages, 2 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm |
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text txt rdacontent |
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unmediated n rdamedia |
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volume nc rdacarrier |
| Note |
Prentice Hall International Editions. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 769-771) and indexes. |
| Contents |
The diversity, evolution, and classification of vertebrates -- The origin of vertebrates -- Vertebrate organ systems and their evolution -- Homeostasis and energetics: water balance, temperature regulation, and energy use -- Geography and ecology from the Cambrian to the Mid-Devonian -- Aquatic vertebrates: cartilaginous and bony fishes -- The rise of jawed vertebrates and the radiation of the chondrichthyes -- Dominating life in water: teleostomes and the major radiation of fishes -- Geography and ecology from the Mid-Devonian to Late Permian -- Origin and radiation of tetrapods in the Late Paleozoic -- Salamanders, Anurans, and Caecilians -- Turtles -- Mesozoic diapsids: nonavian dinosaurs, birds, crocodilians, and others -- Geography and ecology of the Mesozoic -- The Lepidosaurs: tuatara, lizards, amphisbaenians, and snakes -- Ectothermy: a low-cost approach to life -- Characteristics of birds: specializations for flight -- The ecology and behavior of birds -- The synapsida and the evolution of mammals -- Geography and ecology of the Cenozoic -- Characteristics of mammals -- Endothermy: a high-energy approach to life -- Body size, ecology, and sociality of mammals -- Humans as vertebrates. |
| Subject |
Vertebrates.
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Vertebrates, Fossil.
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Vertebrates. (OCoLC)fst01165545
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Vertebrates, Fossil. (OCoLC)fst01165582
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| Added Author |
Heiser, John B., author.
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McFarland, William N. (William Norman), 1925-
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| ISBN |
0023963700 |
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9780023963704 |
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0132287277 |
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9780132287272 |
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