Vertebrate palaeontology/ (Record no. 164993)
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| fixed length control field | 01018cam a2200253 a 4500 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 0632056371 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
| Transcribing agency | CUS |
| 082 00 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 566 |
| Item number | BEN / |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Benton, M. J. |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Vertebrate palaeontology/ |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. | Michael J. Benton. |
| 250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT | |
| Edition statement | 3rd ed. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc. | Malden, MA : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | Blackwell Science, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | c2005. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | xi, 455 p. : |
| Other physical details | ill. ; |
| Dimensions | 25 cm. |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE | |
| Bibliography, etc | Includes bibliographical references (p. [408]-438) and index. |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | 1 Vertebrate origins<br/>Key questions<br/>Introduction<br/>1.1 Sea squirts and the lancelet<br/>1.2 Phylum hemichordata: pterobranchs and acorn worms<br/>1.3 Deuterostome relationships<br/>1.4 Chordate origins<br/>1.5 Vertebrates and the head<br/>1.6 Further reading<br/>2 How to study fossil vertebrates<br/>Key questions<br/>Introduction<br/>2.1 Digging up bones<br/>2.2 Geology and fossil vertebrates<br/>2.3 Biology and fossil vertebrates<br/>2.4 Discovering phylogeny<br/>2.5 The quality of the fossil record<br/>2.6 Further reading<br/>3 Early fishes<br/>Key questions<br/>Introduction<br/>3.1 Cambrian vertebrates<br/>3.2 Vertebrate hard tissues<br/>3.3 The jawless fishes<br/>3.4 Origin of jaws and gnathostome relationships<br/>3.5 Class Placodermi: armour-plated monsters<br/>3.6 Class Chondrichthyes: the first sharks<br/>3.7 Class Acanthodii: the 'spiny skins'<br/>3.8 Devonian environments<br/>3.9 Class Osteichthyes: the bony fishes<br/>3.10 Early fish evolution and mass extinction<br/>3.11 Further reading<br/>4 The early tetrapods and amphibians<br/>Key questions<br/>Introduction<br/>4.1 Problems of life on land<br/>4.2 Devonian tetrapods<br/>4.3 The Carboniferous world<br/>4.4 Diversity of Carboniferous tetrapods<br/>4.5 Temnospondyls and reptiliomorphs after the Carboniferous<br/>4.6 Evolution of modern amphibians<br/>4.7 Further reading<br/>5 The evolution of early amniotes<br/>Key questions<br/>Introduction<br/>5.1 Hylonomus and Paleothyris - biology of the first amniotes<br/>5.2 Amniote evolution<br/>5.3 The Permian world<br/>5.4 The early evolution of anapsids and diapsids<br/>5.5 Basal synapsid evolution<br/>5.6 Mass extinction<br/>5.7 Further reading<br/>6 Reptiles of the Triassic<br/>Key questions<br/>Introduction<br/>6.1 The Triassic scene<br/>6.2 Evolution of the archosauromorphs<br/>6.3 In Triassic seas<br/>6.4 The origin of the dinosaurs<br/>6.5 Further reading<br/>7 The evolution of fishes after the Devonian<br/>Key questions<br/>Introduction<br/>7.1 The early sharks and chimaeras<br/>7.2 Post-Palaeozoic chondrichthyan radiation<br/>7.3 The early bony fishes<br/>7.4 Radiation of the teleosts<br/>7.5 Post-Devonian evolution of fishes<br/>7.6 Further reading<br/>8 The age of dinosaurs<br/>Key questions<br/>Introduction<br/>8.1 Biology of Plateosaurus<br/>8.2 The Jurassic and Cretaceous world<br/>8.3 The diversity of Saurischian dinosaurs<br/>8.4 The diversity of Ornithischian dinosaurs<br/>8.5 Were the dinosaurs warm-blooded or not?<br/>8.6 Order Terosauria<br/>8.7 Order Testudines: the turtles<br/>8.8 Order Crocodylia<br/>8.9 Superorder Lepidosauria<br/>8.10 The great sea dragons<br/>8.11 Diversification of Jurassic-Cretaceous reptiles<br/>8.12 The KT event<br/>8.13 Further reading<br/>9 The birds<br/>Key questions<br/>Introduction<br/>9.1 Archaeopteryx<br/>9.2 The origin of bird flight<br/>9.3 Toothed birds of the Cretaceous<br/>9.4 The radiation of modern birds<br/>9.5 Flightless birds: division Palaeognathae<br/>9.6 Division Neognathae<br/>9.7 Diversification of the birds<br/>9.8 Further reading<br/> <br/>10 The mammals<br/>Key questions<br/>Introduction<br/>10.1 Cynodonts and the acquisition of mammalian characters<br/>10.2 The first mammals<br/>10.3 The Mesozoic mammals<br/>10.4 The marsupials<br/>10.5 South American mammals - another world apart<br/>10.6 The Afrotheria and break-up of Gondwana<br/>10.7 The beginning of the age of placental mammals<br/>10.8 Basal Laurasiatherians: insectivores and bats<br/>10.9 Superorder Cetartiodactyla: cattle, pigs and whales<br/>10.10 Order Perissodactyla: grazers and browsers<br/>10.11 Orders Carnivora and Pholidota<br/>10.12 Superorder Archonta: primates, tree shrews and flying lemurs<br/>10.13 Superorder Glires: rodents, rabbits and relatives<br/>10.14 Ice Age extinction of large mammals<br/>10.15 The pattern of mammalian evolution<br/>10.16 Further reading<br/>11 Human Evolution<br/>Key questions<br/>Introduction<br/>11.1 What are the primates?<br/>11.2 The early fossil record of primates<br/>11.3 Superfamily Hominoidea: the apes<br/>11.4 Evolution of human characteristics<br/>11.5 The early stages of human evolution<br/>11.6 The last two million years of human evolution<br/>11.7 Further reading |
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| Keyword | Vertebrates, Fossil. |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Koha item type | General Books |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Damaged status | Not for loan | Home library | Current library | Shelving location | Date acquired | Full call number | Accession number | Date last seen | Date last checked out | Koha item type |
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| Central Library, Sikkim University | Central Library, Sikkim University | General Book Section | 29/08/2016 | 566 BEN/V | P19908 | 15/11/2019 | 15/11/2019 | General Books |