The rise of reptiles /Hans-Dieter Sues.

Sues, Hans-Dieter, 1956-

The rise of reptiles /Hans-Dieter Sues. - Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, (c)2019. - 1 online resource.

Includes bibliographies and index.

Introduction -- Amniotes and reptiles -- Parareptilia: a group of their own -- Basal eureptilia and nonsaurian diapsida: early evolution of modern reptiles -- Testudinata: turtles and their stem-taxa -- Sauropterygia, ichthyosauromorpha, and related reptiles: the early mesozoic invasion of the sea -- Lepidosauromorpha: tuatara, lizards, snakes, and their relatives -- Archosauromorpha: the ruling reptiles and their relatives -- Pseudosuchia: crocodile-line reptiles -- Avemetatarsalia: bird-line reptiles -- Dinosauria: saurischia -- Dinosauria: ornithischia -- A brief history of reptiles -- The future of reptiles.



9781421428680


Reptiles--Evolution.


Electronic Books.

QL645 / .R574 2019