Colbert's evolution of the vertebrates : a history of the backboned animals through time /
Edwin H. Colbert, Michael Morales, Eli C. Minkoff.
- 5th ed.
- New York : Wiley, c2001.
- xvi, 560 p. ill. ; 26 cm.
Rev. ed. of: Evolution of the vertebrates / Edwin H. Colbert. 4th ed. 1991.
1. Jawless vertebrates ; 2. Acanthodians and placoderms ; 3. Sharklike fishes ; 4. Bony fishes ; 5. Lobe-fin fishes and the transition to land ; 6. Early Paleozoic faunas ; 7. Amphibians ; 8. the advent of reptiles ; 9. Late Paleozoic faunas ; 10. Aquatic reptiles ; 11. Early ruling reptiles ; 12. Triumph of the dinosaurs ; 13. Aerial reptiles ; 14. Birds ; 15. Years of the dinosaurs ; 16. Mammal-like reptiles ; 17. Beginning of the mammals ; 18. Marsupials ; 19. Introduction to the placentals ; 20. Early placental diversification ; 21. Primates and their kin ; 22. Rodents and rabbits ; 23. Creodonts and carnivores ; 24. Whales and dolphins ; 25. Primitive ungulates ; 26. Artiodactyls ; 27. South American ungulates ; 28. Perissodactyls ; 29. Elephants and their kin ; 30. Cenozoic faunas ; 31. A classification of the phylum chordata.