1. Introduction: How vertebrates and cars are (and are not) similar
2. Evolution to deep time, pedigree to anatomy
3. Inferring the basic vertebrate chassis
4. Evolution of a bony chassis
5. The jawed vertebrate chassis : a primer
6. Placoderms and cartilaginous fishes
7. The fishlike Osteichthyes. Part 1
8. The fishlike Osteichthyes. Part 2
9. The tetrapod chassis : a primer
10. The tetrapod chassis in transition
11. The amphibian chassis
12. The amniote chassis : a primer and the lead-up to true amniotes
13. Modern lizards and the tuatara as an introduction
14. Early reptiles and turtles
15. Snakes and sea dragons
16. The archosaur chassis. Part 1, Modern archosaurs
17. The archosaur chassis. Part 2, A primer on archosaur posture and diversity
18. The archosaur chassis. Part 3, Pterosaurs, dinosaurs, and the origins of birds
19. The mammalian chassis : a primer
20. The evolution of the mammal chassis
21. Brains, milk, and the modern radiations of mammals
Appendix: The cards of time.