Evolution of the Vertebrates

Jawless Vertebrates. Acanthodians and Placoderms. Success of Fishes. From Water to Land. Early Vertebrate Faunas. Amphibians. The Advent of Reptiles. Mammal-Like Reptiles. Conquest of the Land. Early Ruling Reptiles. Triumph of the Dinosaurs. Aerial Reptiles. Birds. Aquatic Reptiles. Years of the Dinosaurs. Surviving Reptiles. Beginning of the Mammals. Marsupials. Introduction to the Placentals. The Diverging Placentals. Evolution of the Primates. Rodents and Rabbits. Cetaceans. Creodonts and Carnivores. Ancient Hoofed Mammals. South American Ungulates. Perissodactyls. Artiodactyls. Elephants and Their Kin. The Age of Mammals. A Classification of the Chordates. References. Key to Abbreviations of Bone Names Used in Illustrations. Index.Colbert, Edwin H. is the author of 'Evolution of the Vertebrates' with ISBN 9780471850748 and ISBN 0471850748.