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Amphibian evolution : the life of early land vertebrates /

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 i...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Schoch, Rainer, 1970- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons Inc., 2014.
Colección:Topics in paleobiology.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario: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?
Descripción Física:1 online resource
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
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