Revised edition of: Vertebrate life / William N. McFarland [and others]. 2nd ed. c1985
Includes bibliographical references and indexes
Part one Vertebrate diversity, function, and evolution -- The diversity, evolution, and classification of vertebrates -- The origin of vertebrates -- Vertebrate organ systems and their evolution -- Homeostasis and energetics: water balance, temperature regulation, and energy use -- Geology and ecology during rhe origin of vertebrates -- Part two Aquatic vertebrates: cartilaginous and bony fishes -- Earliest vertebrates -- The rise of jawed vertebrates and the radiation of the chondrichthyes -- Dominating life in water: teleostomes and the major radiation of fishes -- Geology and ecology of the origin of tetrapods -- Part three Terrestrial ectotherms: amphibians, turtles, crocodilians, and squamates -- Origin and radiation of tetrapods in the Late Paleozoic -- Salamanders, anurans, and caecilians -- Turtles -- Mesozoic diapsids: dinosaurs, birds, crocodilians, and others -- Geology and ecology of pangaea: lae paleozoic and mesozoic -- The lepidosaurs: tuatara, lizards, amphisbaenians, and snakes -- Ectothermy: a low-cost approach to life -- Part four Terrestrial endotherms: birds and mammals -- Characters of birds: specializations for flight -- The ecology and behavior of birds -- The synapsida and the evolution of mammals -- Geology and ecology of ;the cenozoic -- Characteristics of mammals -- Body size, ecology, and sociality of mammals -- Endothermy: a high-energy approach to life -- Homo sapiens and the vertebrates
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Heiser, John B; McFarland, William N. (William Norman), 1925-
