| Record Type: |
Electronic resources
: monographic
|
| Title Information: |
the origin and evolution oftetrapods |
| Author: |
ClackJennifer A., 1937- |
| Secondary Intellectual Responsibility: |
Project Muse |
| Place of Publication: |
Bloomington |
| Published: |
Indiana University Press; |
| Year of Publication: |
c2011 |
| Edition: |
2nd ed. |
| Description: |
1 online resource (544 p.). |
| Series: |
Life of the past |
| Subject: |
Paleontology - Carboniferous - |
| Subject: |
Paleontology - Devonian - |
| Subject: |
Leg - Evolution - |
| Subject: |
Amphibians, Fossil - |
| Subject: |
Lungfishes, Fossil - |
| Online resource: |
http://muse.jhu.edu/books/9780253005373/ |
| Notes: |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: |
9780253005373electronic bk. |
| ISBN: |
9780253356758hbk. |
| Content Note: |
Introduction: The Origin of Tetrapods -- Skulls and Skeletons in Transition -- Relationships and Relatives : The Lobe-Fin Family -- Settingthe 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 |