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Gaining ground : the origin and evolution of tetrapods / Jennifer A. Clack.
LIBRA QE852.D5 C57 2002
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Clack, Jennifer A., 1937-
- Series:
- Life of the past
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Lungfishes, Fossil.
- Amphibians, Fossil.
- Leg--Evolution.
- Leg.
- Paleontology--Devonian.
- Paleontology.
- Paleontology--Carboniferous.
- Evolution.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 369 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Bloomington, Ind. : Indiana University Press, [2002]
- Contents:
- 2 Skulls and Skeletons in Transition 20
- 3 Relationships and Relatives: The Lobe-Fin Family 46
- 4 Setting the Scene: The Devonian World 78
- 5 The First Feet: Tetrapods of the Famennian 105
- 6 From Fins to Feet: Transformation and Transition 139
- 7 Emerging into the Carboniferous: The First Phase 191
- 8 East Kirkton and the Roots of the Modern Family Tree 212
- 9 The Late Carboniferous: Expanding Horizons 234
- 10 Gaining Ground: The Evolution of Terrestriality 278.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 333-352) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0253340543
- OCLC:
- 47767251
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