Vertebrate palaeontology /
Michael J. Benton ; cover and chapter opening illustrations drawn by John Sibbick.
- Second edition.
- xii, 452 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
This ed. originally published: Chapman & Hall, 1997. -Previous ed.: Unwin Hyman, 1990.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Vertebrate origin -- How to study fossil vertebrates -- Early Palaeozoic fishes -- The early tetrapods and amphibians -- The evolution of early amniotes -- Tetrapods of the Triassic -- The evolution of fishes after the Devonian -- The age of dinosaurs -- The birds -- The mammals -- Human evolution -- Classification of the vertebrates. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. App.