Vertebrate Palaeontology

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Benton, Michael J.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Newark : John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, 2014.
Colección:New York Academy of Sciences Ser.
Temas:
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro
  • VERTEBRATE PALAEONTOLOGY
  • Copyright
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • List of Boxes
  • About the companion website
  • Chapter 1 Vertebrates Originate
  • INTRODUCTION
  • 1.1 SEA SQUIRTS AND THE LANCELET
  • 1.1.1 Urochordata: sea squirts
  • 1.1.2 Cephalochordata: amphioxus
  • 1.2 AMBULACRARIA: ECHINODERMS AND HEMICHORDATES
  • 1.3 DEUTEROSTOME RELATIONSHIPS
  • 1.3.1 Embryology and the position of the anus
  • 1.3.2 Animal phylogenomics
  • 1.4 CHORDATE ORIGINS
  • 1.4.1 Diverse early chordates
  • 1.4.2 Vetulicolians and yunnanozoons
  • 1.4.3 Development and vertebrate origins
  • 1.5 VERTEBRATES AND THE HEAD
  • 1.6 FURTHER READING
  • 1.7 REFERENCES
  • Chapter 2 How to Study Fossil Vertebrates
  • INTRODUCTION
  • 2.1 DIGGING UP BONES
  • 2.1.1 Collecting fossil vertebrates
  • 2.1.2 Preparation and conservation of bones
  • 2.1.3 Display and study
  • 2.2 PUBLICATION AND PROFESSIONALISM
  • 2.2.1 The scientific literature
  • 2.2.2 How to write a scientific paper
  • 2.2.3 Careers in vertebrate palaeontology
  • 2.3 GEOLOGY AND FOSSIL VERTEBRATES
  • 2.3.1 Taphonomy
  • 2.3.2 Continental drift
  • 2.3.3 Ancient climates
  • 2.4 BIOLOGY AND FOSSIL VERTEBRATES
  • 2.4.1 Functional morphology
  • 2.4.2 Palaeoecology
  • 2.5 DISCOVERING PHYLOGENY
  • 2.5.1 Cladistic analysis of morphological characters
  • 2.5.2 Molecular phylogeny reconstruction
  • 2.6 THE QUALITY OF THE FOSSIL RECORD
  • 2.7 MACROEVOLUTION
  • 2.8 FURTHER READING
  • 2.9 REFERENCES
  • Chapter 3 Early Palaeozoic Fishes
  • INTRODUCTION
  • 3.1 CAMBRIAN VERTEBRATES
  • 3.2 VERTEBRATE HARD TISSUES
  • 3.3 THE JAWLESS FISHES
  • 3.3.1 Living jawless fishes
  • 3.3.2 Conodonta
  • 3.3.3 Ordovician jawless fishes
  • 3.3.4 Heterostraci
  • 3.3.5 Anaspida and Thelodonti
  • 3.3.6 Osteostraci and relatives
  • 3.4 ORIGIN OF JAWS AND GNATHOSTOME RELATIONSHIPS
  • 3.4.1 Jaws
  • 3.4.2 Jaw attachments and gnathostome relationships
  • 3.5 PLACODERMS: ARMOUR-PLATED MONSTERS
  • 3.5.1 Arthrodira
  • 3.5.2 Placoderm jaws and teeth
  • 3.5.3 Diverse placoderms
  • 3.6 CHONDRICHTHYES: THE FIRST SHARKS
  • 3.7 ACANTHODIANS: THE 'SPINY SKINS'
  • 3.8 DEVONIAN ENVIRONMENTS
  • 3.8.1 Siluro-Devonian faunal provinces
  • 3.8.2 Siluro-Devonian environments
  • 3.9 OSTEICHTHYES: THE BONY FISHES
  • 3.9.1 Devonian actinopterygians
  • 3.9.2 Dipnomorpha: the lungfishes
  • 3.9.3 Actinistia: the coelacanths
  • 3.9.4 Early sarcopterygians: origins of Tetrapodomorpha
  • 3.10 EARLY FISH EVOLUTION AND MASS EXTINCTION
  • 3.10.1 Diversification of early vertebrates
  • 3.10.2 The Late Devonian mass extinctions
  • 3.11 FURTHER READING
  • 3.12 REFERENCES
  • Chapter 4 Early Tetrapods and Amphibians
  • INTRODUCTION
  • 4.1 PROBLEMS OF LIFE ON LAND
  • 4.1.1 Support
  • 4.1.2 Locomotion
  • 4.1.3 Feeding and respiration
  • 4.1.4 Sensory systems and water balance
  • 4.1.5 Reproduction
  • 4.2 DEVONIAN TETRAPODS
  • 4.2.1 Anatomy
  • 4.2.2 How many fingers and toes?
  • 4.2.3 Modes of life of the first tetrapods

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