Vertebrate Palaeontology
(Sprache: Englisch)
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.
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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 are added. Study aids include: key questions, research to be done, and recommendations of further reading and web sites.
The book is designed for palaeontology courses in biology and geology departments. It is also aimed at enthusiasts who want to experience the flavour of how the research is done. The book is strongly phylogenetic, and this makes it a source of current data on vertebrate evolution.
Inhaltsverzeichnis zu „Vertebrate Palaeontology “
List of boxes viiiPreface x
About the companion website xii
1 Vertebrates Originate 1
Key questions in this chapter 2
Introduction 2
1.1 Sea squirts and the lancelet 2
1.2 Ambulacraria: echinoderms and hemichordates 4
1.3 Deuterostome relationships 6
1.4 Chordate origins 8
1.5 Vertebrates and the head 14
1.6 Further reading 14
Questions for future research 15
1.7 References 15
2 How to Study Fossil Vertebrates 18
Key questions in this chapter 19
Introduction 19
2.1 Digging up bones 19
2.2 Publication and professionalism 24
2.3 Geology and fossil vertebrates 29
2.4 Biology and fossil vertebrates 33
2.5 Discovering phylogeny 36
2.6 The quality of the fossil record 39
2.7 Macroevolution 41
2.8 Further reading 43
2.9 References 43
3 Early palaeozoic fishes 45
Key questions in this chapter 46
Introduction 46
3.1 cambrian vertebrates 46
3.2 vertebrate hard tissues 49
3.3 the jawless fishes 51
3.4 origin of jaws and gnathostome relationships 59
3.5 placoderms: armour-plated monsters 60
3.6 chondrichthyes: the first sharks 65
3.7 acanthodians: the 'spiny skins' 65
3.8 devonian environments 67
3.9 osteichthyes: the bony fishes 70
3.10 early fish evolution and mass extinction 79
3.11 further reading 79
Questions for future research 80
3.12 References 80
4 Early tetrapods and amphibians 84
Key questions in this chapter 85
Introduction 85
4.1 Problems of life on land 85
4.2 Devonian tetrapods 88
4.3 The Carboniferous world 96
4.4 Diversity of Carboniferous tetrapods 98
4.5 Temnospondyls and reptiliomorphs after the Carboniferous
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4.6 E volution of the modern amphibians 109
4.7 Further reading 114
Questions for future research 114
4.8 References 114
5 Evolution of early amniotes 118
Key questions in this chapter 119
Introduction 119
5.1 Hylonomus and Paleothyris - biology of the first amniotes 119
5.2 Amniote evolution 121
5.3 The Permian world 125
5.4 The parareptiles 125
5.5 The eureptiles 128
5.6 Basal synapsid evolution 132
5.7 The Permo-Triassic mass extinction 142
5.8 Further reading 143
Questions for future research 143
5.9 References 143
6 Bounceback: tetrapods of the Triassic 147
Key questions in this chapter 148
Introduction 148
6.1 The Triassic world and its effect on the recovery of life 148
6.2 Triassic marine reptiles 150
6.3 E volution of the archosauromorphs 154
6.4 O rigin of the dinosaurs 161
6.5 Reptile evolution in the Triassic 164
6.6 Further reading 168
Questions for future research 168
6.7 References 168
7 Evolution of fishes after the devonian 172
Key questions in this chapter 173
Introduction 173
7.1 The early sharks and chimaeras 173
7.2 Post-Palaeozoic chondrichthyan radiation 178
7.3 The early bony fishes 181
7.4 Radiation of the teleosts 191
7.5 Post-Devonian evolution of fishes 198
7.6 Further reading 199
Questions for future research 199
7.7 References 199
8 The age of d
4.6 E volution of the modern amphibians 109
4.7 Further reading 114
Questions for future research 114
4.8 References 114
5 Evolution of early amniotes 118
Key questions in this chapter 119
Introduction 119
5.1 Hylonomus and Paleothyris - biology of the first amniotes 119
5.2 Amniote evolution 121
5.3 The Permian world 125
5.4 The parareptiles 125
5.5 The eureptiles 128
5.6 Basal synapsid evolution 132
5.7 The Permo-Triassic mass extinction 142
5.8 Further reading 143
Questions for future research 143
5.9 References 143
6 Bounceback: tetrapods of the Triassic 147
Key questions in this chapter 148
Introduction 148
6.1 The Triassic world and its effect on the recovery of life 148
6.2 Triassic marine reptiles 150
6.3 E volution of the archosauromorphs 154
6.4 O rigin of the dinosaurs 161
6.5 Reptile evolution in the Triassic 164
6.6 Further reading 168
Questions for future research 168
6.7 References 168
7 Evolution of fishes after the devonian 172
Key questions in this chapter 173
Introduction 173
7.1 The early sharks and chimaeras 173
7.2 Post-Palaeozoic chondrichthyan radiation 178
7.3 The early bony fishes 181
7.4 Radiation of the teleosts 191
7.5 Post-Devonian evolution of fishes 198
7.6 Further reading 199
Questions for future research 199
7.7 References 199
8 The age of d
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Autoren-Porträt von Michael J. Benton
Michael J. Benton FRS is Professor of Vertebrate Palaeontology at the University of Bristol. He is particularly interested in early reptiles, Triassic dinosaurs, and macroevolution, and has published over 50 books and 300 scientific articles. He leads one of the most successful palaeontology research groups at the University of Bristol, and has supervised over 60 PhD students.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Michael J. Benton
- 2014, 4. Aufl., 480 Seiten, Maße: 21,5 x 27,9 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Verlag: Wiley & Sons
- ISBN-10: 1118406842
- ISBN-13: 9781118406847
- Erscheinungsdatum: 03.10.2014
Sprache:
Englisch
Pressezitat
"The book is a main textbook for vertebrate palaeontology and aimed at students and anyone with an interest in the evolution of vertebrates. It meets its five aims and is excellent value." (Proceedings of the Open University Geological Society, 1 April 2015)
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