Screen LibraryThe rise of amphibians：365 million years of evolution
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Johns Hopkins University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Baltimore |
| Publication Dates: | 2009. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Carrier Form: | xii, 360 p., [16] p. of plates: ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9780801891403 (hardcover : alk. paper) 080189140X (hardcover : alk. paper) |
| Index Number: | Q959 |
| CLC: | Q959.5 |
| Call Number: | Q959.5/C319 |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [337]-354) and index. 1. History of the earth and life -- 2. Advanced metazoans and the ancestry of vertebrates -- 3. The origin of amphibians -- 4. The radiation of carboniferous amphibians -- 5. Adaptation, radiation, and relationships -- 6. The zenith of amphibian diversity -- 7. The origin of amniotes: escape from the water -- 8. Stereospondyls: escape from the land -- 9. The enigma of modern amphibian origins -- 10. The ancestry of frogs -- 11. The ancestry of salamanders -- 12. Eocaecilia and the origin of caeclians -- 13. The success of modern amphibians -- 14. The future of amphibians. "For nearly 100 million years amphibians and their ancestors dominated the terrestrial and shallow water environments of the earth. Archaic animals with an amphibious way of life gave rise not only to modern frogs, salamanders, and caecilians but also to the ancestors of reptiles, birds, and mammals. In this landmark publication, one of the leading paleontologists of our time explores a pivotal moment in vertebrate evolution, the rise of amphibians." "Synthesizing findings from the rich and highly diverse fossil record of amphibians, Robert Carroll traces their origin back 365 million years, |