Gaining ground : the origin and evolution of tetrapods

Gaining ground : the origin and evolution of tetrapods / Jennifer A. Clack.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Clack, Jennifer A., 1937-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Bloomington, Ind. : Indiana University Press, c2002.
Series:Life of the past
Subjects:
Lungfishes, Fossil.
Amphibians, Fossil.
Leg > Evolution.
Paleontology > Devonian.
Paleontology > Carboniferous.
Online Access:Table of contents
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction.
  • Skulls and skeletons in transition.
  • Relationships and relatives: the lobe-fin family.
  • Setting the scene: the Devonian world.
  • The first feet: tetrapods of the Famennian.
  • From fins to feet: transformation and transition.
  • Emerging into the Carboniferous: the first phase.
  • East Kirkton and the roots of the modern family tree.
  • The late Carboniferous: expanding horizons.
  • Gaining ground: the evolution of terrestriality.

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