Vertebrate palaeontology / / Michael J. Benton ; chapter opening illustrations drawn by John Sibbick

• Autore: Benton M. J (Michael J.)
• Pubblicazione: West Sussex, England : , : John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., , 2015; ©2015
• Edizione: Fourth edition.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (506 p.)
• Disciplina: 566
• Soggetto topico: Vertebrates, Fossil
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Persona (resp. second.): SibbickJohn
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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 REFERENCESChapter 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 characters2.5.2 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 MONSTERS3.5.1 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 extinctions3.11 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; 4.3 THE CARBONIFEROUS WORLD; 4.3.1 Romer's Gap; 4.3.2 The Carboniferous scene; 4.4 DIVERSITY OF CARBONIFEROUS TETRAPODS; 4.4.1 Early Carboniferous tetrapods; 4.4.2 Temnospondyli ; 4.4.3 Lepospondyli
• Sommario/riassunto: Vertebrate palaeontology is a lively field, with new discoveries reported every week... and not only dinosaurs! This new edition reflects the international scope of vertebrate palaeontology, with a special focus on exciting new finds from China. A key aim is to explain the science. Gone are the days of guesswork. Young researchers use impressive new numerical and imaging methods to explore the tree of life, macroevolution, global change, and functional morphology. The fourth edition is completely revised. The cladistic framework is strengthened, and new functional and developmental spreads ar
• Titolo autorizzato: Vertebrate palaeontology
• ISBN: 1-118-40764-4; 1-118-40763-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910464607503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II