Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Publisher's Note ix
4. Acknowledgements xi
5. 1. Introduction: Fossils and Phylogeny 1
6. 2. Evolution: Patterns and Process 15
7. 3. The Basic Vertebrate Body Plan 21
8. 4. The Earliest Fossil Vertebrates: The Ostracoderms 29
9. 5. The First Jawed Fishes 43
10. 6. Early Bony and Cartilaginous Fishes 53
11. 7. Later Cartilaginous Fishes 59
12. 8. Later Bony Fishes 67
13. 9. Designs for Land Life 77
14. 10. The Amphibians 87
15. 11. Early Reptiles 95
16. 12. The Great Reptile Land Radiations 105
17. 13. Lesser Land and Amphibious Radiations 119
18. 14. Reptile Designs for Marine Life 125
19. 15. Reptile Designs for Flight 131
20. 16. The Origin of Mammals 141
21. 17. Diversity of Mammalian Design 151
22. 18. The Evolutionary Radiations of the Mammals 163
23. Glossary 173
24. Additional Readings 175
25. Figure Credits 179
26. Index 184