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Index
Contents 5 How to use this book 8 Finding out about the past 10 Fossils 12 Evolving life 14 How evolution happens 16 Classifying life 18 FISH AND INVERTEBRATES 20–53
Invertebrates cladogram 22 Trilobites 24 Sea scorpions 26 Evolving insects 28 Ammonites and belemnites 30 Toward the first fish 32 Vertebrates cladogram 34 Fish cladogram 36 Jawless fish 38 Armored fish 40 Sharks and rays 44 Spiny sharks 46 Early ray-finned fish 48 Advanced ray-finned fish 50 Lobe-finned fish 52
AMPHIBIANS AND REPTILES 54–99
Early tetrapods and amphibians cladogram 56 Early tetrapods 58 Temnospondyls 60 Life in a swamp forest 62 Lepospondyls and lissamphibians 64 Reptiliomorphs 66 Introducing amniotes 68 Reptiles cladogram 70 Parareptiles 72 Turtles 74 Diversifying diapsids 76 Mosasaurs 78 Placodonts and nothosaurs 80 Short-necked plesiosaurs 82 Long-necked plesiosaurs 84 Ichthyosaurs 86 Early ruling reptile groups 88 Early crocodile-group reptiles 90 Crocodylomorphs 92 Early pterosaurs 94 Advanced pterosaurs 98
DINOSAURS AND BIRDS 100–191
Dinosaurs defined 102 Saurischians cladogram 104 Early theropods 106 Horned lizards 108 Abel’s lizards 110 Stiff tails 112 Strange spinosaurs 114 Giant killers 116 Predator trap 118 Hollow-tail lizards 120 Ostrich dinosaurs 122 Tyrannosaurids 124 Scythe lizards 126 Egg thieves 130 Tail feather 132 Terrible claws 134 Road runners 136 Birds cladogram 138 Archaeopteryx 140 Early birds 142 New birds 144 Introducing sauropodomorphs 148 Prosauropods 150 Early sauropods 152 Double beams 154 Chambered lizards 156 Arm lizards 158 Gigantic lizards 160 Brachiosaurids 162 Ornithischians cladogram 164 Small bipedal plant eaters 166 Early shield bearers 168 Plated dinosaurs 170 Spiky backs 172 Node lizards 174 Fused lizards 176 Camptosaurs and dryosaurs 178 Iguanodon 180 Duck-billed dinosaurs 182 Thick-headed lizards 184 Parrot lizards 186 Early horned dinosaurs 188 Advanced horned dinosaurs 190
MAMMALS AND THEIR ANCESTORS 192–275
Synapsids cladogram 194 Early synapsids 196 Terrible heads 198 Two dog teeth 200 Dog teeth 202 The first mammals 204 Australian pouched mammals 206 American pouched mammals 208 Strange-jointed mammals 210 Placental pioneers 212 Early carnivorans 214 Cats and other feliforms 216 Saber-toothed cats 218 Dogs and other caniforms 220 Insectivores and bats 224 Primitive primates 226 Monkeys 228 Australopithecines 230 Early homo species 232 Neanderthals 234 Homo sapiens 236 Prehistoric rabbits and rodents 238 Island giants and dwarfs 240 Terrible horns 242 Primitive hoofed mammals 244 South American hoofed mammals 246 Uranotheres 250 Horses 252 Brontotheres and chalicotheres 254 Rhinoceroses 256 Proboscideans 258 Platybelodon 260 Mammoths 262 Pigs, hippos, and peccaries 264 Camels 266 Deer and kin 268 Cattle, sheep, and goats 270 Hoofed predators 272 Early whales 274
REFERENCE SECTION 276–376
Fossil timeline 278 Finding fossils 312 Techniques of excavation 314 Famous fossil sites 316 Fossils in the lab 318 Studying fossils 320 Paleobotany 322 Paleoecology 324 Comparative dating 326 Chronometric dating 328 Reconstructing fossils 330 Restoring fossil animals 332 Fossil hunter 334 Biographies 344 The past on display 358 Glossary and additional pronunciation guide 360
Index 366 Acknowledgments 375
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