Vertebrate Palaeontology, 3rd EditionISBN: 978-0-632-05637-8
Paperback
472 pages
December 2004, Wiley-Blackwell
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Vertebrate Palaeontology is a complete, up-to-date history
of the evolution of vertebrates. The third edition of this popular
text 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
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