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000436665 1001_ $$aLong, John A.,$$d1957-
000436665 24514 $$aThe rise of fishes :$$b500 million years of evolution /$$cJohn A. Long.
000436665 250__ $$a2nd ed.
000436665 260__ $$aBaltimore :$$bJohns Hopkins University Press,$$c2011.
000436665 300__ $$axiv, 287 p. :$$bill. (chiefly col.) ;$$c29 cm.
000436665 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
000436665 5050_ $$aEarth, 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.
000436665 520__ $$a"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.
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