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Author : Ivan Ivanovich Shmalʹgauzen
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 314 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (6 download)
Download or read book The Origin of Terrestrial Vertebrates written by Ivan Ivanovich Shmalʹgauzen and published by . This book was released on 1964 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Hans-Dieter Sues
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521021197
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (211 download)
Download or read book Evolution of Herbivory in Terrestrial Vertebrates written by Hans-Dieter Sues and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2005-10-13 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although herbivory probably first appeared over 300 million years ago, it only became established as a common feeding strategy during Late Permian times. Subsequently, herbivory evolved in numerous lineages of terrestrial vertebrates, and the acquisition of this mode of feeding was frequently associated with considerable evolutionary diversification in those lineages. This book represents a comprehensive overview of the evolution of herbivory in land-dwelling amniote tetrapods in recent years. In Evolution of Herbivory in Terrestrial Vertebrates, leading experts review the evolutionary history and structural adaptations required for feeding on plants in the major groups of land-dwelling vertebrates, especially dinosaurs and ungulate mammals. As such, this volume will be the definitive reference source on this topic for evolutionary biologists and vertebrate paleontologists.
Author : Ivan Ivanovich Shmal'gauzen
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Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (68 download)
Download or read book The Origin of Terrestrial Vertebrates written by Ivan Ivanovich Shmal'gauzen and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Michel Laurin
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520947983
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (29 download)
Download or read book How Vertebrates Left the Water written by Michel Laurin and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2010-11-02 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More than three hundred million years ago—a relatively recent date in the two billion years since life first appeared—vertebrate animals first ventured onto land. This usefully illustrated book describes how some finned vertebrates acquired limbs, giving rise to more than 25,000 extant tetrapod species. Michel Laurin uses paleontological, geological, physiological, and comparative anatomical data to describe this monumental event. He summarizes key concepts of modern paleontological research, including biological nomenclature, paleontological and molecular dating, and the methods used to infer phylogeny and character evolution. Along with a discussion of the evolutionary pressures that may have led vertebrates onto dry land, the book also shows how extant vertebrates yield clues about the conquest of land and how scientists uncover evolutionary history.
Author : Saul Patai
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Total Pages : pages
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Download or read book The Origin of Terrestrial Vertebrates written by Saul Patai and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Alec L. Panchen
Publisher : Academic Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 656 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (318 download)
Download or read book The Terrestrial Environment and the Origin of Land Vertebrates written by Alec L. Panchen and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 1980 with total page 656 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : I.I. SHMAL GAUZEN
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Total Pages : 0 pages
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Download or read book ORIGIN OF TERRESTRIAL VERTEBRATES. 1968 written by I.I. SHMAL GAUZEN and published by . This book was released on with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Ivan Ivanovič Shmalʹgauzen
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Total Pages : 314 pages
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Download or read book The Origin of Terrestrial Vertebrates. Translated from the Russian written by Ivan Ivanovič Shmalʹgauzen and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Hans-Dieter Sues
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521021197
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (211 download)
Download or read book Evolution of Herbivory in Terrestrial Vertebrates written by Hans-Dieter Sues and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2005-10-13 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although herbivory probably first appeared over 300 million years ago, it only became established as a common feeding strategy during Late Permian times. Subsequently, herbivory evolved in numerous lineages of terrestrial vertebrates, and the acquisition of this mode of feeding was frequently associated with considerable evolutionary diversification in those lineages. This book represents a comprehensive overview of the evolution of herbivory in land-dwelling amniote tetrapods in recent years. In Evolution of Herbivory in Terrestrial Vertebrates, leading experts review the evolutionary history and structural adaptations required for feeding on plants in the major groups of land-dwelling vertebrates, especially dinosaurs and ungulate mammals. As such, this volume will be the definitive reference source on this topic for evolutionary biologists and vertebrate paleontologists.
Author : Rainer R. Schoch
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1118759133
Total Pages : 564 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (187 download)
Download or read book Amphibian Evolution written by Rainer R. Schoch and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2014-03-19 with total page 564 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book focuses on the first vertebrates to conquer land and their long journey to become fully independent from the water. It traces the origin of tetrapod features and tries to explain how and why they transformed into organs that permit life on land. Although the major frame of the topic lies in the past 370 million years and necessarily deals with many fossils, it is far from restricted to paleontology. The aim is to achieve a comprehensive picture of amphibian evolution. It focuses on major questions in current paleobiology: how diverse were the early tetrapods? In which environments did they live, and how did they come to be preserved? What do we know about the soft body of extinct amphibians, and what does that tell us about the evolution of crucial organs during the transition to land? How did early amphibians develop and grow, and which were the major factors of their evolution? The Topics in Paleobiology Series is published in collaboration with the Palaeontological Association, and is edited by Professor Mike Benton, University of Bristol. Books in the series provide a summary of the current state of knowledge, a trusted route into the primary literature, and will act as pointers for future directions for research. As well as volumes on individual groups, the series will also deal with topics that have a cross-cutting relevance, such as the evolution of significant ecosystems, particular key times and events in the history of life, climate change, and the application of a new techniques such as molecular palaeontology. The books are written by leading international experts and will be pitched at a level suitable for advanced undergraduates, postgraduates, and researchers in both the paleontological and biological sciences.
Download or read book The Origin and Early Radiation of Terrestrial Vertebrates written by and published by . This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Richa Arora
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ISBN 13 : 9788126115273
Total Pages : 270 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (152 download)
Download or read book Origin And Evolution Of Vertebrates written by Richa Arora and published by . This book was released on 2004-01-01 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vertebrates (Chordates) Have Several Diagnostic Characters Which Re Absolutely Distinctive, Separating Them Sharply From All Forms Of Life. The Main Contrast Between Invertebrate And Vertebrate Animals Seems To Be That, As A Whole The Former Are Static Organisms With Little Or No Power Of Locomotion, While The Latter Are Essentially Dynamic.This Book Presents A Scientific Story Of Origin And Evolution Of Vertebrates. The Information Is Grouped Under Thirteen Chapters.ContentsOrigin Of Vertebrates; Origin Of Land Vertebrates; Origin Of Reptiles; Origin Of Dinosaurs; Origin Of Birds; Origin Of Mammals; Proboscideans; Horses; Camels; South American Mammal Radiation; Prosimians; The Evolution Of Man; The Gradual Appearance Of Man; Etc.
Author : Kenneth P. Dial
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 022626839X
Total Pages : 435 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (262 download)
Download or read book Great Transformations in Vertebrate Evolution written by Kenneth P. Dial and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2015-07-20 with total page 435 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How did flying birds evolve from running dinosaurs, terrestrial trotting tetrapods evolve from swimming fish, and whales return to swim in the sea? These are some of the great transformations in the 500-million-year history of vertebrate life. And with the aid of new techniques and approaches across a range of fields—work spanning multiple levels of biological organization from DNA sequences to organs and the physiology and ecology of whole organisms—we are now beginning to unravel the confounding evolutionary mysteries contained in the structure, genes, and fossil record of every living species. This book gathers a diverse team of renowned scientists to capture the excitement of these new discoveries in a collection that is both accessible to students and an important contribution to the future of its field. Marshaling a range of disciplines—from paleobiology to phylogenetics, developmental biology, ecology, and evolutionary biology—the contributors attack particular transformations in the head and neck, trunk, appendages such as fins and limbs, and the whole body, as well as offer synthetic perspectives. Illustrated throughout, Great Transformations in Vertebrate Evolution not only reveals the true origins of whales with legs, fish with elbows, wrists, and necks, and feathered dinosaurs, but also the relevance to our lives today of these extraordinary narratives of change.
Author : Stuart Sumida
Publisher : Elsevier
ISBN 13 : 0080527094
Total Pages : 521 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (85 download)
Download or read book Amniote Origins written by Stuart Sumida and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 1997-01-08 with total page 521 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Amniote Origins integrates modern systematic methods with studies of functional and physiological processes, and illustrates how studies of paleobiology can be illuminated by studies of neonatology. For this reason, comparative anatomists and physiologists, functional morphologists, zoologists, and paleontologists will all find this unique volume very useful. Inspired by the prospect of integrating fields that have long been isolated from one another, Amniote Origins provides a thorough and interdisciplinary synthesis of one of the classic transitions of evolutionary history. Integrates modern systematic methods with studies of functional and physiological processes Illustrates how studies of paleobiology can be illuminated by studies of neonatology Provides a thorough and interdisciplinary synthesis of one of the classic transitions of evolutionary history
Author : Robert Carroll
Publisher : Johns Hopkins University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780801891403
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (914 download)
Download or read book The Rise of Amphibians written by Robert Carroll and published by Johns Hopkins University Press. This book was released on 2009-07-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 2009 Outstanding Academic Title, ChoiceHonorable Mention, Biological and Life Sciences, 2009 PROSE Awards, Professional and Scholarly Publishing division of the Association of American Publishers For nearly 100 million years, amphibians and their ancestors dominated the terrestrial and shallow water environments of the earth. Archaic animals with an amphibious way of life gave rise not only to modern frogs, salamanders, and caecilians but also to the ancestors of reptiles, birds, and mammals. In this landmark publication, one of the leading paleontologists of our time explores a pivotal moment in vertebrate evolution, the rise of amphibians. Synthesizing findings from the rich and highly diverse fossil record of amphibians, Robert Carroll traces their origin back 365 million years, when particular species of fish traveled down an evolutionary pathway of fin modification that gave rise to legs. This period of dramatic radiation was followed by a cataclysmic extinction 250 million years ago. After a long gap, modern amphibian groups gradually emerged. Now the number of amphibian species and individuals throughout the tropical and temperate regions of the earth exceeds that of mammals. The Rise of Amphibians is documented with more than two hundred illustrations of fossil amphibians and sixteen exquisite color plates depicting amphibians in their natural habitats throughout their long existence. The most comprehensive examination of amphibian evolution ever produced, The Rise of Amphibians is an essential resource for paleontologists, herpetologists, geologists, and evolutionary biologists.
Author : Ivan Ivanovich Shmalʹgauzen
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Total Pages : 344 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (43 download)
Download or read book The Origin of Terrestrial Vertebrates written by Ivan Ivanovich Shmalʹgauzen and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Kurt Schwenk
Publisher : Elsevier
ISBN 13 : 0080531636
Total Pages : 555 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (85 download)
Download or read book Feeding written by Kurt Schwenk and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2000-08-03 with total page 555 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the first four-legged vertebrates, called tetrapods, crept up along the shores of ancient primordial seas, feeding was among the most paramount of their concerns. Looking back into the mists of evolutionary time, fish-like ancestors can be seen transformed by natural selection and other evolutionary pressures into animals with feeding habitats as varied as an anteater and a whale. From frog to pheasant and salamander to snake, every lineage of tetrapods has evolved unique feeding anatomy and behavior.Similarities in widely divergent tetrapods vividly illustrate their shared common ancestry. At the same time, numerous differences between and among tetrapods document the power and majesty that comprises organismal evolutionary history.Feeding is a detailed survey of the varied ways that land vertebrates acquire food. The functional anatomy and the control of complex and dynamic structural components are recurrent themes of this volume. Luminaries in the discipline of feeding biology have joined forces to create a book certain to stimulate future studies of animal anatomy and behavior.
