Description |
xiii, 393 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm |
Series |
Oxford monographs on geology and geophysics ; 33 |
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Oxford science publications |
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Oxford monographs on geology and geophysics ; no. 33
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Oxford science publications.
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Contents |
1. What, where, and when? Early vertebrates as we imagine them -- 2. From rocks to theories: techniques of preparation and methods of analysis -- 3. A survey of extant vertebrates -- 4. Early vertebrates and their extant relatives -- 5. Interrelationships of the major craniate taxa: current phylogenetic theories and controversies -- 6. Anatomical philosophy: homologies, transformations, and character phylogenies -- 7. Evolution, palaeobiogeography and life history -- 8. A short history of research on early vertebrates -- 9. Epilogue |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [333]-360) and indexes |
Subject |
Fishes, Fossil.
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Vertebrates, Fossil.
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LC no. |
95026847 |
ISBN |
0198540477 |
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