Vertebrate palaeontology /
Michael J. Benton.
- Fourth edition.
- xi, 468 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 29 cm
Accompanied by student companion website with PowerPoints of all figures for downloading.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Vertebrates originate -- How to study fossil vertebrates -- Early Palaeozoic fishes -- Early tetrapods and amphibians -- Bounceback : tetrapods of the Triassic -- Evolution of fishes after the Devonian -- The age of dinosaurs -- The birds -- Mammals -- Human evolution -- Classification of the vertebrates. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. $t Evolution of early amniotes -- 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. Appendix.