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How vertebrates left the water / / Michel Laurin



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Autore: Laurin Michel Visualizza persona
Titolo: How vertebrates left the water / / Michel Laurin Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2010
Edizione: 1st ed.
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (217 p.)
Disciplina: 596.13/8
Soggetto topico: Vertebrates - Evolution
Evolution
Soggetto non controllato: acanthostega
acquired limbs
actinopterygians
adaptation
character evolution
dinosaurs
evolution
evolutionary history
evolutionary processes
evolutionary science
extant species
extant vertebrates
extinct animals
finned vertebrates
fossils
geology
life on earth
life sciences
limbs
molecular dating
nonfiction
paleontological dating
paleontology
phylogeny
popular science
science
tetrapods
vertebrate animals
vertebrates
zoology
Note generali: Translation of: Systématique, paleontologie et biologie evolutive moderne : l'exemple de la sortie des eaux chez les vertebres. 2008.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. How Can We Reconstruct Evolutionary History? -- 2. How Can We Reconstruct Evolutionary History? -- 3. Paleontological Context -- 4. Vertebrate Limb Evolution -- 5. Diversity of Paleozoic Stegocephalians -- 6. Adaptations to Life on Land -- 7. Synthesis and Conclusion -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index
Sommario/riassunto: More than three hundred million years ago-a relatively recent date in the two billion years since life first appeared-vertebrate animals first ventured onto land. This usefully illustrated book describes how some finned vertebrates acquired limbs, giving rise to more than 25,000 extant tetrapod species. Michel Laurin uses paleontological, geological, physiological, and comparative anatomical data to describe this monumental event. He summarizes key concepts of modern paleontological research, including biological nomenclature, paleontological and molecular dating, and the methods used to infer phylogeny and character evolution. Along with a discussion of the evolutionary pressures that may have led vertebrates onto dry land, the book also shows how extant vertebrates yield clues about the conquest of land and how scientists uncover evolutionary history.
Titolo autorizzato: How vertebrates left the water  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-282-79024-2
9786612790249
0-520-94798-3
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910814320403321
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