The bare bones
Subtitle: an unconventional evolutionary history of the skeleton
By: Matthew F. Bonnan
Series: Life of the past; Life of the past
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 508
ISBN-13: 9780253018328
Subjects: Vertebrates; Evolution; Skeleton
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 477-495) and index.
Table of contents: title: 1. Introduction: How vertebrates and cars are (and are not) similar; title: 2. Evolution to deep time, pedigree to anatomy; title: 3. Inferring the basic vertebrate chassis; title: 4. Evolution of a bony chassis; title: 5. The jawed vertebrate chassis : a primer; title: 6. Placoderms and cartilaginous fishes; title: 7. The fishlike Osteichthyes. Part 1; title: 8. The fishlike Osteichthyes. Part 2; title: 9. The tetrapod chassis : a primer; title: 10. The tetrapod chassis in transition; title: 11. The amphibian chassis; title: 12. The amniote chassis : a primer and the lead-up to true amniotes; title: 13. Modern lizards and the tuatara as an introduction; title: 14. Early reptiles and turtles; title: 15. Snakes and sea dragons; title: 16. The archosaur chassis. Part 1, Modern archosaurs; title: 17. The archosaur chassis. Part 2, A primer on archosaur posture and diversity; title: 18. The archosaur chassis. Part 3, Pterosaurs, dinosaurs, and the origins of birds; title: 19. The mammalian chassis : a primer; title: 20. The evolution of the mammal chassis; title: 21. Brains, milk, and the modern radiations of mammals; title: Appendix: The cards of time.