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The Rise of Reptiles 320 Million Years of Evolution / Hans-Dieter Sues.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sues, Hans-Dieter, 1956- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Reptiles--Evolution.
- Reptiles.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (401 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Manufacture:
- Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2019
- Place of Publication:
- Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2019.
- Summary:
- Accurate, synthetic, and sweeping, The Rise of Reptiles is the definitive work on the subject.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- Amniotes and reptiles
- Parareptilia: a group of their own
- Basal eureptilia and nonsaurian diapsida: early evolution of modern reptiles
- Testudinata: turtles and their stem-taxa
- Sauropterygia, ichthyosauromorpha, and related reptiles: the early mesozoic invasion of the sea
- Lepidosauromorpha: tuatara, lizards, snakes, and their relatives
- Archosauromorpha: the ruling reptiles and their relatives
- Pseudosuchia: crocodile-line reptiles
- Avemetatarsalia: bird-line reptiles
- Dinosauria: saurischia
- Dinosauria: ornithischia
- A brief history of reptiles
- The future of reptiles.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-4214-2868-7
- OCLC:
- 1104703308
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