Vertebrate Palaeontology

Vertebrate Palaeontology is a complete, up-to-date history of the evolution of vertebrates. The third edition of this popular text has been extensively revised to incorporate the latest research, including new material from North and South America, Australia, Europe, China, Africa and Russia.Highlights astonishing new discoveries including new dinosaurs and Mesozoic birds from Chinafeatures a new chapter on how to study fossil vertebratesprovides an increased emphasis on the cladistic framework with cladograms set apart from the body of the text and full lists of diagnostic charactersincludes new molecular evidence on early mammal diversificationnew features aid study including new functional and developmental feature spreads, key questions and extensive references to useful web sitesstrong phylogenetic focus making it an up-to-date source of the latest broad-scale systematic data on vertebrate evolutionTo access the artwork from the book, please visit: www.blackwellpublishing.com/benton.An Instructor manual CD-ROM for this title is available. Please contact our Higher Education team at [email protected] for more information.