Vertebrate Palaeontology, 3rd Edition

ISBN: 978-0-632-05637-8

Paperback

472 pages

December 2004, Wiley-Blackwell

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a complete, up-to-date history of the evolution of vertebrates
third edition has been extensively revised to incorporate the latest research, including new material from North and South America, Australia, Europe, China, Africa and Russia
Highlights astonishing new discoveries including new dinosaurs and Mesozoic birds from China
features a new chapter on how to study fossil vertebrates
provides an increased emphasis on the cladistic framework with cladograms set apart from the body of the text and full lists of diagnostic characters
includes new molecular evidence on early mammal diversification
new features aid study including new functional and developmental feature spreads, key questions and extensive references to useful web sites
strong phylogenetic focus making it an up-to-date source of the latest broad-scale systematic data on vertebrate evolution