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1. Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution by Robert L. Carroll | |
Hardcover: 698
Pages
(1990-01-01)
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The book for bones!
One of the few college texybooks I kept.
I spent 2 weeks chewing on this book... ...the only easily available work that goes to any depth on this intensely interesting subject.A large book of medium thickness with an average of about two drawings per page, including familial relationship diagrams. Since the late Paleozoic, there have been two significantbranches of terrestrial vertebrates: the diapsids (crocs, dinosaurs, birds)and synapsids (pelycosaurs, theraspids, mammals).Sharing a commonancestry and evolving at times in parallel, nevertheless distinctivefeatures appear early that, though not of immediately apparentsignificance, in fact consign the lines to their separate fates. Thepelycosaur Dimetrodon, the familiar lizard-like reptile with a sail on itsback that is often reproduced as a toy, and which I have always associatedwith the dinosaurs, is in fact a member of the synapsid line.The bookpoints out how the process on the mandible that reaches up toward thetemporal lobe is the beginning of a shift away from the ancestralquadrate-angular jaw articulation maintained by the diapsids through thebirds.With the additional points of leverage provided, mammals weredestined to become better chewers, able to move their jaws sideways inaddition to up and down.The angular bone and one other bone in themandible, incidentally, become modified to help pick up soundwaves, andeventually migrate to become one of the three bones in the middle ear. (Birds only have one bone in their middle ear, though interestingly, theirhearing appears to be just as acute.) Mammals continued to refine theirchewing mechanism, introducing improvements to their teeth.Instead ofthe saw of teeth possessed by dinosaurs and early reptiles, the mammalsdeveloped closely occluding teeth that allowed them to grind food moreefficiently.Apparently the price for this matching of the upper and lowerteeth is that mammals cannot replace their adult teeth once lost. Ifyou are a specialist in one of the larger groups of vertebrates, such asthe dinosaurs or the mammals, the coverage of this book will beunsatisfying.Sometimes I had difficulty determining what the definingcharacteristics that distinguished groups were, so I still can't look at askeleton and know whether it's a pelycosaur or an early theraspid.On arelated note, the relationship diagrams are not cladograms, butold-fashioned family tree type drawings, indicating not only relationshipbut the time period in which the group lived, with a thickening of thelines to show abundance. ... Read more |
2. Vertebrate Paleontology by Alfred Sherwood Romer | |
Hardcover: 468
Pages
(1966-06)
list price: US$45.00 Isbn: 0226724883 Average Customer Review: Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France | Japan | |
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Evolutionist Treatise
Illustrations!
An overview of the history of vertebrates |
3. Patterns and Processes of Vertebrate Evolution (Cambridge Paleobiology Series) by Robert Lynn Carroll | |
Paperback: 464
Pages
(1997-04-28)
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Evolution - the big picture |
4. VERTEBRATE PALAEONTOLOGY by MICHAEL BENTON | |
Paperback: 464
Pages
(2003)
Isbn: 0412738104 Average Customer Review: Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France | Japan | |
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What you'd expect.
Nice overview of the Vertebrates but info not current
Excellent intermediate level book
Vertebrate Palaeontology
Useful and interesting One major complaint about the book is the number of typos and mislabeled diagrams...it can become rather confusing. I have taken a pen to the book and with careful reading, re-reading and cross referencing, have corrected the errors in my own copy to save me the brain strain...but on the whole, this book does what one would want from it. ... Read more |
5. Papers in Vertebrate Paleontology Honoring Robert Warren Wilson (Special publication of Carnegie Museum of Natural History) by Robert M. Mengel | |
Hardcover: 186
Pages
(1984-06)
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6. Vertebrate Paleontology in Utah (Miscellaneous Publication / Utah Geological Survey) | |
Paperback: 554
Pages
(1999-07)
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Great Book If You Can Get Your Hands On One |
7. Contributions in Quaternary Vertebrate Paleontology: A Volume in Memorial to John E. Guilday (Special publication of Carnegie Museum of Natural History) | |
Hardcover: 538
Pages
(1984-06)
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8. The Emergence of Whales: Evolutionary Patterns in the Origin of Cetacea (Advances in Vertebrate Paleobiology) | |
Hardcover: 492
Pages
(1998-10-31)
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Vertebrate Paleontology
Review from Journal of Mammology |
9. Biostratigraphy and Vertebrate Paleontology of the San Timoteo Badlands, (UC Publications in Geological Sciences) by L. Barry Albright | |
Paperback: 152
Pages
(2000-03-08)
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10. Vertebrate Paleontology in the Neotropics: The Miocene Fauna of La Venta, Colombia by Richard L. Cifelli | |
Hardcover: 608
Pages
(1997-02-17)
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11. Vertebrate Paleontology 1092 (Benchmark Papers in Geology Series) | |
Hardcover: 384
Pages
(1997-06)
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12. A Preliminary Report on the Vertebrate Paleontology of the Llano Estacado by Edward Drinker Cope | |
Paperback: 78
Pages
(2010-10-14)
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13. Notes and Comments on Vertebrate Paleontology by Alfred Romer | |
Paperback: 312
Pages
(1968-06)
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14. Paleontology of Vertebrates by Jean Chaline | |
Paperback: 186
Pages
(1990-07-13)
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15. Geology and Vertebrate Paleontology of Western and Southern North America: Contributions in Honor of David P. Whistler (Science series / Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County) by David Paul Whistler | |
Paperback: 388
Pages
(2008-05-28)
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16. Mesozoic/Cenozoic Vertebrate Paleontology: Classic Localities, Contemporary Approaches : Salt Lake City, Utah to Billings, Montana July 19-27, 1989 (Field ... (American Geophysical Union), T322.) by Malcolm C. McKenna, John J. Flynn, D. C.) International Geological Congress 1989 (Washington | |
Paperback: 77
Pages
(1989-06)
list price: US$21.00 Isbn: 0875906087 Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France | Japan | |
17. Proceedings of the Eleventh Annual Meeting of the Chinese Society of Vertebrate Paleontology by Dong Wei | |
Paperback:
Pages
(2008-01-01)
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18. Recent Papers Relating To Vertebrate Paleontology (1897) by Edward Drinker Cope | |
Paperback: 16
Pages
(2009-11-21)
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19. Outlines Of Vertebrate Paleontology: For Students Of Zoology (1898) by Arthur Smith Woodward | |
Paperback: 498
Pages
(2010-09-10)
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20. The Development of the Vertebrate Skull by Gavin, Sir De Beer | |
Paperback: 760
Pages
(1985-07)
list price: US$27.00 Isbn: 0226139603 Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France | Japan | |
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