{"product_id":"vertebrate-palaeontology-isbn-9781394195084","title":"Vertebrate Palaeontology","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAll-new edition of the world’s leading vertebrate palaeontology textbook, now addressing key evolutionary transitions and ecological drivers for vertebrate evolution\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRichly illustrated with colour illustrations of the key species and cladograms of all major vertebrate taxa, \u003ci\u003eVertebrate Palaeontology \u003c\/i\u003eprovides a complete account of the evolution of vertebrates, including macroevolutionary trends and drivers that have shaped their organs and body plans, key transitions such as terrestrialization, endothermy, flight and impacts of mass extinctions on biodiversity and ecological drivers behind the origin of chordates and vertebrates, their limbs, jaws, feathers, and hairs. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis revised and updated fifth edition features numerous recent examples of breakthrough discoveries in line with the current macroevolutionary approach in palaeontology research, such as the evolutionary drivers that have shaped vertebrate development. Didactical features have been enhanced and include new functional and developmental feature spreads, key questions, and extensive references to useful websites. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten by a leading academic in the field, \u003ci\u003eVertebrate Palaeontology \u003c\/i\u003ediscusses topics such as: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePalaeozoic fishes, including Cambrian vertebrates, placoderms (‘armour-plated monsters’), Pan-Chondrichthyes such as sharks and rays, and Osteichthyes (‘bony fishes’) \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe first tetrapods, covering problems of life on land, diversity of Carboniferous tetrapods and temnospondyls and reptiliomorphs following the Carboniferous \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMesozoic reptiles, such as Testudinata (turtles), Crocodylomorpha, Pterosauria, Dinosauria, great sea dragons and Lepidosauria (lizards and snakes) \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMammals of the southern and northern hemispheres, covering Xenarthra (sloths, anteaters), Afrotheria (African mammals), Laurasiatheria (bats, ungulates, carnivores), and Euarchontoglires (rodents, primates)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eA highly comprehensive and completely up-to-date reference on vertebrate evolution, \u003ci\u003eVertebrate Palaeontology\u003c\/i\u003e is an ideal learning aid for palaeontology courses in biology and geology departments. The text is also highly valuable to enthusiasts who want to experience the flavour of how modern research in the field is conducted. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of Boxes xvii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface xxi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAbout the Companion Website xxv\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1 Vertebrates Originate 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.1 Sea Squirts and the Lancelet 2\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.2 Ambulacraria: Echinoderms and Hemichordates 4\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.3 Deuterostome Relationships 6\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.4 Chordate Origins 9\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.5 Vertebrate Origins: Worm or Bag? 15\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.6 Further Reading 20\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eQuestions for Future Research 20\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 21\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2 How to Study Fossil Vertebrates 25\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 25\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.1 Digging Up Bones 25\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.2 Publication and Professionalism 32\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.3 Geology and Fossil Vertebrates 37\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.4 Biology and Fossil Vertebrates 46\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.5 Discovering Phylogeny 53\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.6 Macroevolution 56\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.7 Further Reading 59\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 59\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3 Early Palaeozoic Fishes 63\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 63\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.1 Cambrian Vertebrates 63\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.2 Vertebrate Hard Tissues 65\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.3 The Jawless Fishes 67\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.4 Origin of Jaws 80\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.5 Placoderms: Armour-Plated Monsters 82\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.6 Pan-Chondrichthyes: Sharks, Rays, Acanthodians 90\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.7 Early Fish Biogeography and Environments 92\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.8 Osteichthyes: The Bony Fishes 94\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.9 Early Fish Evolution and Mass Extinction 106\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.10 Further Reading 107\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eQuestions for Future Research 108\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 108\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4 The First Tetrapods 115\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 115\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.1 Problems of Life on Land 115\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.2 Devonian Tetrapods 120\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.3 The Carboniferous World 128\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.4 Diversity of Carboniferous Tetrapods 129\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.5 Temnospondyls and Reptiliomorphs After the Carboniferous 139\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.6 Evolution of the Modern Amphibians 144\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.7 Further Reading 150\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eQuestions for Future Research 150\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 150\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e5 Evolution of Early Amniotes 157\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 157\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.1 Hylonomus and Paleothyris – Biology of the First Amniotes 157\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.2 Amniote Adaptations for Terrestrial Life 160\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.3 The Permian World 167\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.4 The Parareptiles 169\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.5 The Eureptiles 174\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.6 Early Synapsid Evolution 176\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.7 The Permian-Triassic Mass Extinction 188\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.8 Further Reading 192\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eQuestions for Future Research 192\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 193\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e6 The Triassic Revolution 197\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 197\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.1 The Triassic World and the Recovery of Life 197\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.2 Triassic Marine Reptiles 202\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.3 Evolution of the Archosauromorphs 211\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.4 Origin of the Dinosaurs 220\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.5 Amniote Evolution in the Triassic 224\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.6 Further Reading 235\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eQuestions for Future Research 235\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 236\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e7 Evolution of Fishes After the Devonian 243\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 243\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.1 The Early Chimaeras and Sharks 243\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.2 Post-Palaeozoic Chondrichthyan Radiation 251\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.3 The Early Bony Fishes 255\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.4 Radiation of the Teleosts 267\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.5 Post-Devonian Evolution of Fishes 276\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.6 Further Reading 279\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eQuestions for Future Research 279\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 280\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e8 Dinosaurs 287\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 287\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.1 Biology of Plateosaurus 287\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.2 The Jurassic and Cretaceous World 289\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.3 Saurischians and Theropod Diversity 290\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.4 The Sauropodomorph Dinosaurs 303\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.5 The Diversity of Ornithischian Dinosaurs 309\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.6 Were the Dinosaurs Warm-Blooded or Not? 326\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.7 Further Reading 333\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eQuestions for Future Research 334\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 334\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e9 The Mesozoic Reptiles 343\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 343\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.1 Testudinata: The Turtles 343\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.2 Crocodylomorpha 353\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.3 Pterosauria 359\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.4 The Great Sea Dragons 367\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.5 Lepidosauria: Lizards and Snakes 374\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.6 The End-Cretaceous Mass Extinction 383\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.7 Further Reading 390\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eQuestions for Future Research 390\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 390\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e10 The Birds 401\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 401\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.1 The Origin of Birds 401\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.2 The Origin of Bird Flight 412\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.3 Cretaceous Birds, With and Without Teeth 418\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.4 The Radiation of Modern Birds: Explosion or Long Fuse? 429\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.5 Flightless Birds: Palaeognathae 432\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.6 Neognathae 435\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.7 The Three-Phase Diversification of Birds 447\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.8 Further Reading 448\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eQuestions for Future Research 448\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 449\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e11 Mammals: Origins and Southern Hemisphere Evolution 459\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 459\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.1 Cynodonts and the Acquisition of Mammaliaform Characters 459\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.2 The First Mammaliaforms 472\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.3 The Mesozoic Mammaliaforms 475\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.4 Marsupials Down Under 492\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.5 South American Mammals – A World Apart 497\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.6 Afrotheria and the Break-up of Gondwana 506\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.7 Further Reading 512\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eQuestions for Future Research 513\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 513\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e12 Mammals of the Northern Hemisphere 525\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 525\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.1 Evolution of Modern Mammals 525\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.2 Boreoeutherian Beginnings: The Palaeocene in the Northern Hemisphere 529\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.3 Early Diverging Laurasiatherians: Eulipotyphla 537\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.4 Scrotifera: Bats and Relatives 540\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.5 Cetartiodactyla: Cattle, Pigs and Whales 540\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.6 Zooamata: Horses, Carnivores, and Pangolins 550\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.7 Glires: Rodents, Rabbits, and Relatives 563\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.8 Archonta: Primates, Tree Shrews, and Flying Lemurs 568\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.9 Ice Age Extinction of Large Mammals 569\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.10 Further Reading 574\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eQuestions for Future Research 574\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 574\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e13 Human Evolution 585\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 585\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.1 What Are the Primates? 585\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.2 The Fossil Record of Early Primates 586\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.3 Anthropoidea: Monkeys and Apes 592\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.4 Hominoidea: The Apes 597\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.5 Evolution of Human Characteristics 603\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.6 The Early Stages of Human Evolution 605\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.7 The Past Two Million Years of Human Evolution 611\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.8 Further Reading 620\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eQuestions for Future Research 620\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 620\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix: Classification of the Vertebrates 629\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGlossary 641\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 647\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMichael J. Benton, OBE, FRS,\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Vertebrate Palaeontology at the University of Bristol. He is particularly interested in early reptiles, Triassic dinosaurs and macroevolution, and has published over 60 books and 700 scientific articles. 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