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Author : Adriaan Jan Keij
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 644 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)
Download or read book Articulated Acanthodian Fishes from the Old Red Sandstone of England written by Adriaan Jan Keij and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 644 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Theagarten Lingham-Soliar
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3642537480
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (425 download)
Download or read book The Vertebrate IntegumentVolume 1 written by Theagarten Lingham-Soliar and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2014-02-18 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The vertebrate integument arose about 450 million years ago as an ‘armour’ of dermal bony plates in small, jawless fish-like creatures, informally known as the ostracoderms. This book reviews the major changes that have occurred in the vertebrate integument from its beginnings to the present day. Critical questions concerning the origin, structure and functional biology of the bony integument are discussed and intrinsically linked to major steps in vertebrate evolution and phylogeny—the origin of jaws and the origin of teeth. The discussions include the origins of mineralization of major vertebrate skeletal components such as the dermatocranium, branchial arches and vertebral column. The advances that led to the origin of modern fishes and their phylogenetic development are reviewed and include the evolution of fins and replacement of the bony plates with several types of dermal scales. The evolution of reptiles saw a major transformation of the integument, with the epidermis becoming the protective outermost layer, from which the scales arose, while the dermis lay below it. The biological significance of the newly-evolved β-keratin in reptilian scales, among the toughest natural materials known, is discussed in the context of its major contribution to the great success of reptiles and to the evolution of feathers and avian flight. The dermis in many vertebrates is strengthened by layers of oppositely oriented cross-fibres, now firmly entrenched as a design principle of biomechanics. Throughout the book conventional ideas are discussed and a number of new hypotheses are presented in light of the latest developments. The long evolutionary history of vertebrates indicates that the significance of the Darwinian concept of “survival of the fittest” may be overstated, including in our own mammalian origins and that chance often plays a major role in evolutionary patterns. Extensive illustrations are included to support the verbal descriptions. Professor Theagarten Lingham-Soliar is in the Department of Life Sciences at the University of KwaZulu-Natal.
Author : Roger S. Miles
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Total Pages : 100 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (741 download)
Download or read book Articulated Acanthodian Fishes from the Old Red Sandstone of England written by Roger S. Miles and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Zerina Johanson
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107179440
Total Pages : 283 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (71 download)
Download or read book Evolution and Development of Fishes written by Zerina Johanson and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2019-01-10 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: World-class palaeontologists and biologists summarise the state-of-the-art on fish evolution and development.
Author : Ronald Singer
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134271417
Total Pages : 1153 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (342 download)
Download or read book Encyclopedia of Paleontology written by Ronald Singer and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-06-04 with total page 1153 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Encyclopedia of Paleontology is designed to address the shortage of general reference works on both vertebrate and invertebrate paleontology and to serve the needs of students and lay persons interested in the field. As the encyclopedia aims to provide basic information, the majority of the 350 entries are devoted to explanations of paleontological concepts and techniques, examinations of the evolutionary development of particular organisms and biological features, profiles of major discoveries, and biographies of leading scientists. Each entry includes an essay and a further reading list. An international team of 200 leading experts in the field has prepared the illustrations and the essays, which range from concise descriptions to comprehensive discussions.
Author : Brian George Gardiner
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 9780520055070
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (55 download)
Download or read book Devonian Palaeoniscid Fishes written by Brian George Gardiner and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1984-01-01 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : David L. Dineley
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Total Pages : 708 pages
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Download or read book Fossil Fishes of Great Britain written by David L. Dineley and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 708 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gives a general outline of the classification and evolution of fishes from early Palaeozoic times onwards. This work describes the GCR sites in Britain from which important fish fossils have been obtained. It also describes the origins of the earliest tetrapods and their amphibian descendants.
Author : Per Erik Ahlberg
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 0203468031
Total Pages : 433 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (34 download)
Download or read book Major Events in Early Vertebrate Evolution written by Per Erik Ahlberg and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2001-02-15 with total page 433 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A multi-author volume Major Events in Early Vertebrate Evolution examines the origin and early evolution of the backboned animals (vertebrates)-the group which comprises all fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals, including ourselves. This volume draws together evidence from fossils, genes, and developmental biology (the study of how embry
Author : Royal Scottish Museum
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Total Pages : 56 pages
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Download or read book A Catalogue of Fossil Vertebrates in the Royal Scottish Museum, Edinburgh: Paton, R. L. Acanthodii written by Royal Scottish Museum and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Total Pages : 164 pages
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Author : A.J. Boucot
Publisher : Elsevier
ISBN 13 : 1483290816
Total Pages : 750 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (832 download)
Download or read book Evolutionary Paleobiology of Behavior and Coevolution written by A.J. Boucot and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2013-10-22 with total page 750 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is the culmination of many years of research by a scientist renowned for his work in this field. It contains a compilation of the data dealing with the known stratigraphic ranges of varied behaviors, chiefly animal with a few plant and fungal, and coevolved relations. A significant part of the data consists of ``frozen behavior'', i.e. those in which an organism has been preserved while actually ``doing'' something, as contrasted with the interpretations of behavior of an organism deduced from functional morphology, important as the latter may be. The conclusions drawn from this compilation suggest that both behaviors and coevolved relations appear infrequently, following which there is relative fixity of the relation, i.e., two rates of evolution, very rapid and essentially zero. This conclusion complies well with the author's prior conclusion that community evolution followed the same rate pattern. In fact, communities are regarded here, as in large part, expressions of both behavior and coevolved relations, rather than as random aggregates controlled almost wholly by varied, unrelated physical parameters tracked by organisms, i.e., the concept that communities have no biologic reality, being merely statistical abstractions. The book is illustrated throughout with more than 400 photographs and drawings. It will be of interest to ethologists, evolutionists, parasitologists, paleontologists, and palaeobiologists at research and post-graduate levels.
Author : Spencer G. Lucas
Publisher : New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 468 pages
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Download or read book The Kinney Brick Quarry Lagerstätte, Late Pennsylvanian of New Mexico written by Spencer G. Lucas and published by New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science. This book was released on with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : ADRIAN P. HUNT
Publisher : New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 216 pages
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Download or read book THE ICHNOLOGY OF VERTEBRATE CONSUMPTION: DENTALITES, GASTROLITHS AND BROMALITES written by ADRIAN P. HUNT and published by New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science. This book was released on 2021-11-10 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : British Museum (Natural History)
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Total Pages : 194 pages
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Download or read book Report on the British Museum (Natural History), 1972-1974 written by British Museum (Natural History) and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Michael Robert House
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Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (43 download)
Download or read book The Devonian System written by Michael Robert House and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Joseph S. Nelson
Publisher : Wiley-Interscience
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 552 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Fishes of the World written by Joseph S. Nelson and published by Wiley-Interscience. This book was released on 1984 with total page 552 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Muséum national d'histoire naturelle (France)
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Total Pages : 554 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (576 download)
Download or read book Bulletin du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle written by Muséum national d'histoire naturelle (France) and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 554 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
