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Vertebrate Palaeontology Paperback - 2000

by Michael Benton


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The story of the evolution of vertebrates is fascinating. Recently, there has been an explosion of new research topics in the field - the closest fossil relatives of the vertebrates, dramatic new fish specimens unlike anything now living, the adaptations required for the move on to land, the relationships of the early amphibians and reptiles, the origins and biology of the dinosaurs, the role of mass extinction in vertebrate evolution, new Mesozoic birds, the earliest mammals, ecology and mammalian diversification, and the origins and evolution of human beings.

This book presents a complete outline of the history of vertebrates, based on the latest studies by palaeontologists around the world. New material comes from North and South America, Australia, Europe, China, Africa and Russia.

A key aim of the book is to show how vertebrate palaeontologists obtain their information. There is an illustrated account of how to dig up a dinosaur and how to interpret the bones. In addition, detailed case studies explain: how palaeontologists study taphonomy, exceptional preservation, the form and function of bizarre animals, and the reconstruction of phylogeny from cladistic analyses of morphological and molecular data.

The new edition is extensively revised, and there is a great deal of new material based on work in the 1990s. There is a new chapter on how to study fossil vertebrates. Another major change is that more emphasis has been given to cladograms. They are set apart from the body of the text, and full lists of diagnostic characters are now given.

The book is designed for palaeontology courses in biology and geology departments. It is also aimed at the enthusiast who wants to experience how leading palaeontologists design their research programs and carry out multidisciplinary studies of ancient vertebrates. The book has a strong phylogenetic focus, and this makes it an up-to-date source of the latest broad-scale systematic data on vertebrate evolution.


  • The second edition of a very popular and proven text.
  • Detailed case studies are presented, which show how palaeontologists actually work.
  • Includes an illustrated account of how to dig up a dinosaur, and how to interpret the bones.

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Vertebrate are all lie animals with backbones, the fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals.

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  • Title Vertebrate Palaeontology
  • Author Michael Benton
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition 2nd Edition
  • Pages 452
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Wiley-Blackwell, Oxford, UK
  • Date June 2000
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9780632056149 / 0632056142
  • Weight 2.76 lbs (1.25 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.66 x 7.46 x 1.03 in (24.54 x 18.95 x 2.62 cm)
  • Dewey Decimal Code 566
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