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Books about fossil vertebrates
 Vertebrate Palaeontology
This text provides a complete outline of the history of the vertebrates, based on the latest studies by palaeontologists around the world.There is an account of how to dig up a dinosaur and how to interpret bones. In addition, detailed case studies are presented which show how palaeontologists study taphonomy, exceptional preservation, form and function of bizarre animals, and reconstruct phylogeny from cladistic analyses of morphological and molecular data. The book is designed for palaeontology courses in biology and geology departments. It is also aimed at the enthusiast who wants to experience the real flavour of how leading palaeontologists design their research programmes and carry out multidisciplinary studies of ancient vertebrates.
Patterns and Processes of Vertebrate Evolution
This new text provides an integrated view of the forces that influence the patterns and rates of vertebrate evolution from the level of living populations and species to those that resulted in the origin of the major vertebrate groups. It is extensively illustrated, showing major transitions between fish and amphibians, dinosaurs and birds, and land mammals and whales. Undergraduate students taking a general or advanced course on evolution, and graduate students and professionals working in evolutionary biology and palaeontology will find the book of great interest.

Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution
"Carroll has to his credit an immense amount of useful labour in writing the book and will probably corner the market for a vertebrate paleontology text for the rest of this century." Nature

 Vertebrates: Comparative Anatomy, Function, Evolution
Retaining his unique emphasis on function and evolution of vertebrates, complete anatomical detail, and excellent pedagogy, author Kenneth Kardong includes a substantial amount of new, beautifully-illustrated art and updated narrative in this new edition. This one-semester text is designed for your upper-level majors course.
Vertebrate Life
For courses in Vertebrate Zoology, Vertebrate Biology Function, as well as specialty courses in Paleontology and Herpetology.
Widely praised for its comprehensive coverage and exceptionally clear writing style, this best-selling exploration of vertebrate life is the only accurate and up-to-date treatment of vertebrates that employs a phylogenetic perspective and focuses on how vertebrates work, integrating ecology, behavior, anatomy, and physiology in an evolutionary context
Mammoths, Sabertooths and Hominids: 65 Million Years of Mammalian Evolution in Europe
This text takes us on a journey through time from the aftermath of the extinction of the dinosaurs to the glacial climax of the Pleistocene epoch; from the rain forests of the Paleocene and the Eocene, with their lemur-like primates, to the harsh landscape of the Pleistocene steppes, home to the woolly mammoth. It is also a journey through space, following the migrations of mammal species that evolved on other continents, but eventually met to compete or coexist in the Europe of the Cenozoic era. Finally, it is a journey through evolution, a review of the changes and adaptations that have allowed mammals to flourish and become the dominant land vertebrates on Earth. Based on wide-ranging research - from the dig site to the dissection table and from Iberia to the Georgian steppes - this book should transform our understanding of how mammals have eluded extinction and changed the face of the planet.
Walking With Beasts - The Complete Series
Walking With Beasts is an introduction to the animals (predominantly mammals) that roamed the earth from the extinction of the dinosaurs until the rise of early humans. The sequel to the BBC's acclaimed and highly successful series Walking With Dinosaurs, Beasts also uses a combination of clever special effects and computer-generated imagery to create a realistic world as it may have appeared millions of years ago. As to be expected from any BBC nature programme, the images are visually stunning; the prehistoric animals look impressively lifelike, interacting seamlessly with each other and their environment to create an entire world that could have been photographed only yesterday.
Gaining Ground
The book looks at the closest relatives of tetrapods - the lobefin fishes, both extinct and living forms (like lungfishes and coelacanths. It defines what a tetrapod is, describes their anatomy, and explains how they are related to other vertebrates. It then looks at the Devonian environment in which early tetrapods and their fish contemporaries evolved. There are chapters describing the known Devonian tetrapods, their discovery, and their environments. The book explains how older ideas about the transition are being overturned by recent discoveries and new ideas about evolutionary change. It describes the different groups of early tetrapods as they diversified during the Carboniferous period, and shows how the evolution of terrestrial characters occurred several times, convergently, among different groups.
 King of the Crocodylians
Toward the end of the Age of Dinosaurs, during a time known as the Late Cretaceous, a new type of giant predator appeared along the southern coasts of North America. It was a huge species of crocodylian and is called Deinosuchus. Neither a crocodile nor an alligator, it was an ancestor of both modern groups, but it reached weights of many tons and it had some features unique to the species. Average-sized individuals were bigger than the carnivorous dinosaurs with which they cohabited; the largest specimens were the size of a T-rex. This is the biography of these giant beasts, including the long history of their discovery, research about their makeup, and the first published evidence about their prey.

The Simon and Schuster Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs & Prehistoric Creatures: A Visual Who's Who of Prehistoric Life
Shows and describes hundreds of prehistoric mammals, reptiles, fish, birds, and amphibians.


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