Early Vertebrates
Series: Oxford Monographs on Geology and Geophysics; 33;
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP Oxford
- Date of Publication 6 March 2003
- ISBN 9780198526469
- Binding Paperback
- No. of pages408 pages
- Size 234x190x20 mm
- Weight 753 g
- Language English
- Illustrations numerous line and halftone figures, tables 0
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Short description:
This is a unique, up-to-date and well-illustrated monograph on early vertebrates (mainly fish), their appearance and way of life, and their cladistic relationships to extant vertebrates.
MoreLong description:
This book presents our current knowledge of the early vertebrates, which were mainly fish, but included some land vertebrates, and lived about 470 to 250 million years ago. It centres on anatomical and phylogenetic questions, but includes information about fossil discovery and preparation, as well as the analysis of the characteristics from which their relationships may be reconstructed. It addresses critically both old and new problems in the evolution of certain anatomical structures and deals briefly with the animals' way of life, extinction, and former distribution.
In addition, the author gives a potted history of the field of vertebrate palaeontology and the rise of cladistics, a major methodological revolution in comparative biology. The book is the first in theif field to use a cladistic approach. For each major vertebrate group, the reader will find a diagram of relationships, or cladogram, with a selection of characters at each node, and a cuccinct phylogenetic classification.
The book is illustrated with numerous line drawings, culminating in a series of reconstructions of early vertebrates and their environment, which may have a more popular appeal.
Review from previous edition Philippe Janvier has excelled himself with this landmark publication, which surely ranks as a modern classic. No other textbook has dealt so clearly with the origins and early evolution of vertebrates. Each chapter is lucidly written and important anatomical features are clearly illustrated, providing just the right level of technical information without getting bogged down with details. This is an essential source book for teachers and students of vertebrate anatomy and evolution.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
What, where and when? Early vertebrates as we imagine them
From rocks to theories: techniques of preparation and methods of analysis
A look at extant vertebrates
Early vertebrates and their extant relatives
Interrelationships of the major craniate taxa: current phylogenetic theories and controversies
Anatomical philosophy: homologies, transformations and character phylogenies
Evolution and life history
Women, men, and early vertebrates
Epilogue
