The Rise Of Amphibians: 365 Million Years Of Evolution
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Year: 2,009
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Issue: 2011 12 30
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Toc: Contents......Page 6 Preface......Page 7 Acknowledgments......Page 9 I History of the Earth and Life......Page 12 2 Advanced Metazoans and the Ancestry of Vertebrates......Page 27 3 The Origin of Amphibians......Page 48 4 The Radiation of Carboniferous Amphibians......Page 71 5 Adaptation, Radiation, and Relationships......Page 154 6 The Zenith of Amphibian Diversity......Page 172 Plates......Page 205 7 The Origin of Amniotes: Escape from the Water......Page 223 8 Stereospondyls. Escape from the Land......Page 239 9 The Enigma of Modern Amphibian Origins......Page 258 10 The Ancestry of Frogs......Page 283 I I The Ancestry of Salamanders......Page 297 12 Eocaecilia and the Origin of Caecilians......Page 321 13 The Success of Modern Amphibians......Page 336 14 The Future of Amphibians......Page 353 Abbreviations Used in Illustrations......Page 360 Glossary......Page 363 References......Page 365 Index......Page 383