The rise of fishes : 500 million years of evolution / John A. Long.
Long, John A., 1957-
2011
QL618.2 .L66 2011 (Mapit)
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Title The rise of fishes : 500 million years of evolution / John A. Long.
Author Long, John A., 1957-
Edition 2nd ed.
ISBN 9780801896958 (alk. paper)
0801896959 (alk. paper)
Publication Details Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2011.
Language English
Description xiv, 287 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 29 cm.
Call Number QL618.2 .L66 2011
Universal Decimal Classification 567
Dewey Decimal Classification 597.13/8
Summary "Fishes that walk, fishes that breathe air, fishes that look like--and are--monsters from the deep. These and many more strange creatures swim through The Rise of Fishes, John A. Long's richly illustrated tour of the past 500 million years. Long has updated his classic work with illustrations of recent fossil discoveries and new interpretations based on genetic analyses. He reveals how fishes evolved from ancient, jawless animals, explains why fishes have survived on the Earth for so long, and describes how they have become the dominant aquatic life-form. Indeed, to take things a step further, we learn much about ourselves through this book, for all amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals are descendants of ancient fishes." "Clear, accessible, and engaging, The Rise of Fishes combines scientific expertise with entertaining stories about Long's own excursions, which span the oceans and continents. The book includes photographs of fossils from around the world as well as dramatic color illustrations depicting what those fishes may have actually looked like"--From publisher description.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Earth, rocks, evolution, and fish : background information to understanding fish evolution
Glorified swimming worms : the first fishes : origins of chordates and the first vertebrates
Jawless wonders : hagfishes, lampreys, and their extinct armored kin
Armored fishes and fishes with arms : the armored placoderms, kings of the Devonian seas, rivers, and lakes
Sharks and their cartilaginous kin : killers from the dawn of time
Spiny-jawed fishes : the odd mixture of early jawed fishes such as acanthodians and their kin
An epiphany of evolution : the Osteichtyes, fishes having well-ossified internal skeletons
Primitive ray-finned fishes : the rapid rise of the first bony fishes
Teleosteans, the champions : the origin and diversification of the world's most successful vertebrates
The ghost fish and other primeval predators : lobe-finned sarcopterygians and where they fit
Strangers in the bite : dipnomorphans : how fishes learned to breathe air
Big teeth, strong fins : fishes with fin bone patterns like human arms and legs
The greatest step in evolution : from swimming fishes to walking land animals.

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