March Onto Land: The Silurian Period to the Middle Triassic Epoch

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Infobase Publishing, 2008 - Juvenile Nonfiction - 192 pages
'March onto Land' depicts life's migration from the seas to the land and the rise of the first terrestrial organisms. Among the vertebrate groups explored in this full-colour volume are early tetrapods, amphibians and reptiles.
 

Contents

Preface
7
Acknowledgments
10
Foreword
12
Introduction
15
The Greening of the Paleozoic World
19
Vertebrates on Land
85
The Evolution of Early Amniotes
125
Conclusion
161
Anatomical Directions
166
Glossary
167
Chapter Bibliography
173
Further Reading
181
Picture Credits
185
Index
186
About the Author
192
Copyright

Geologic Time Scale
165

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About the author (2008)

Thom Holmes is a writer specializing in natural history subjects and dinosaurs. As a writer and researcher, he works with leading paleontologists and also takes part in field expeditions to dig dinosaurs. He has engaged in research on the early history of dinosaur science in America, particularly on the exploits of Edward Drinker Cope of Philadelphia and Othniel Charles Marsh of New Haven. He was the publications director of The Dinosaur Society for five years and the editor of its newsletter, Dino Times, the world's only monthly publication devoted to news about dinosaur discoveries.

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