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Vertebrate life / F. Harvey Pough, William E. Bemis, Betty McGuire and Christine M. Janis

By: Pough, F. Harvey [autor].
Contributor(s): Bemis, William E [autor] | McGuire, Betty [autor] | Janis, Christine M [autor].
New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2023Edition: Eleventh edition.Description: 586 páginas : With color illustrations ; 28 cm.Content type: texto Media type: no mediado Carrier type: volumenISBN: 9780197558621.Subject(s): Vertebrates -- Textbooks | Vertebrados -- Libros de texto | Vertebrates, fossil -- Textbooks | Fósiles vertebrados -- Libros de textoDDC classification: 596 /
Contents:
Diversity, Classification, and evolution of vertebrates -- What is a Vertebrate -- Jawless Vertebrates and the Origin of Gnathostomes -- Living in Water -- Geography and Ecology of the Paleozoic -- Origin and radiation of Chondrichthyans -- Origin of Osteichthyes and radiation of Actinopterygians -- Sarcopterygians and the origin of tetrapods -- Origins of Lissamphibia and Amniota -- Geography and Ecology of the Mesozoic -- Living on Land -- Lissamphinians -- Synapsids and Sauropsids -- Ectothermy and Endothermy -- Lepidosaurs -- Turtles -- Crocodylians -- Avemetatarsalia and the origin of birds -- Geography and Ecology of the Cenozoic -- Extant Birds -- Synapsids and the Origin of Mammals -- Therians -- Primate Evolution and the Emergence of humans.
Summary: Vertebrate life distills the necessary information from vertebrate anatomy, physiology, ecology and behavioral studies ans then helps students see important connections across levels of biological scale. Students come to understand how organisms function effectively in their enviroments and how lineages of organisms change through evolutionary time.
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Includes bibliographical references and Index

Diversity, Classification, and evolution of vertebrates -- What is a Vertebrate -- Jawless Vertebrates and the Origin of Gnathostomes -- Living in Water -- Geography and Ecology of the Paleozoic -- Origin and radiation of Chondrichthyans -- Origin of Osteichthyes and radiation of Actinopterygians -- Sarcopterygians and the origin of tetrapods -- Origins of Lissamphibia and Amniota -- Geography and Ecology of the Mesozoic -- Living on Land -- Lissamphinians -- Synapsids and Sauropsids -- Ectothermy and Endothermy -- Lepidosaurs -- Turtles -- Crocodylians -- Avemetatarsalia and the origin of birds -- Geography and Ecology of the Cenozoic -- Extant Birds -- Synapsids and the Origin of Mammals -- Therians -- Primate Evolution and the Emergence of humans.

Vertebrate life distills the necessary information from vertebrate anatomy, physiology, ecology and behavioral studies ans then helps students see important connections across levels of biological scale. Students come to understand how organisms function effectively in their enviroments and how lineages of organisms change through evolutionary time.

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