Gaining Ground, Second Edition : The Origin and Evolution of Tetrapods /

"Around 370 million years ago, a distant relative of a modern lungfish began a most extraordinary adventure -- emerging from the water and laying claim to the land. Over the next 70 million years, this tentative beachhead had developed into a worldwide colonization by ever-increasing varieties...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Clack, Jennifer A., 1937- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, [2012]
Edición:Second edition.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Paleontology.
Lungfishes, Fossil.
Devonian Geologic Period.
Carboniferous Geologic Period.
Amphibians, Fossil.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Evolution.
NATURE > Fossils.
Paleontologie > Carbonifere.
Paleontologie > Devonien.
Amphibiens fossiles.
Dipneustes fossiles.
Paleontology > Carboniferous.
Paleontology > Devonian.
Leg > Evolution.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : The Origin of Tetrapods
  • Skulls and Skeletons in Transition
  • Relationships and Relatives : The Lobe-Fin Family
  • Setting the Scene : The Devonian World
  • The First Feet : Tetrapods of the Famennian
  • From Fins to Feet : Transformation and Transition
  • Emerging into the Carboniferous : The First Phase
  • East Kirkton and the Roots of the Modern Family Tree
  • The Late Carboniferous : Expanding Horizons
  • Gaining Ground : The Evolution of Terrestriality.

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