The rise of reptiles : 320 million years of evolution / Hans-Dieter Sues.
The rise of reptiles : 320 million years of evolution / Hans-Dieter Sues.
The rise of reptiles : 320 million years of evolution / Hans-Dieter Sues.
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Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, [2019]
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GQ 2019/0685
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English
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xi, 385 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm
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text
still image
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unmediated
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volume
Contents
Amniotes and reptiles -- Parareptilia : a group of their own -- Basal Eureptilia and nonsaurian Diapsida : early evolution of modern reptiles -- Testudinata : turtles and their stem-taxa -- Sauropterygia, Ichthyosauromorpha, and related reptiles : the early Mesozoic invasion of the sea -- Lepidosaur...
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Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, [2019]
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Maryland
Date Published
[2019]
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"Over 300 million years ago, an early land vertebrate developed an egg that contained the embryo in an amnion, allowing it to be deposited on land. This moment marked the first step in the fascinating and complex evolutionary journey of the reptiles. In The Rise of Reptiles, paleontologist Hans-Dieter Sues explores the diversity of reptilian lineag...
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The rise of reptiles : 320 million years of evolution / Hans-Dieter Sues.
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320 million years of evolution
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-376) and index.
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GQ 2019/0685
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74VKV5J7Nj6y
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKV5J7Nj6y
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9781421428673 hardcover alkaline paper
1421428679 hardcover alkaline paper
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597.9
MMS ID
991024267919702626
