Major features of vertebrate evolution
By: convened by Donald R. Prothero and Robert M. Schoch.
Contributors: Prothero, Donald R.; Schoch, Robert M.; Paleontological Society.; Geological Society of America. Meeting
Series: Short courses in paleontology ;; no. 7
Publisher: Paleontological Society
Published: 1994
Place of publication: Knoxville, TN
Language: eng
Number of pages: 270
Subjects: Vertebrates.; Vertebrates -- Evolution.; Mammals -- Evolution.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
17th Annual Short Course of the Paleontological Society, cosponsored by the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, held at the 106th Annual Meeting of the Geological Society of America, Sunday, October 23, 1994, Seattle, Washington.
Table of contents: title: Vertebrate paleontology and evolutionary theory / Robert M. Schoch; title: The Origin and early evolution of the Craniata / Kevin J. Peterson; title: Gnathostomes (jawed vertebrates) / John G. Maisey; title: Bony fishes / Colin Patterson; title: The Origin of the tetrapods / Keith S. Thomson; title: Amphibia : disparity and diversification of early tetrapods / Michael A. Fracasso; title: The Diversification of the amniotes / Jacques A. Gauthier; title: On the origin of birds and of avian flight / John H. Ostrom; title: Tertiary bird history: notes and comments / Alan Feduccia; title: Synapsid evolution and the radiation of non-eutherian mammals / James A. Hopson; title: The Radiation of placental mammals / Michael J. Novacek; title: Mammalian evolution / Donald R. Prothero.