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082	0	0	_a596 _bPOU
100	1		_aPough, F. Harvey.
245	1	0	_aVertebrate life /
250			_a4th ed.
260			_aNew Delhi. : _bPrentice Hall India, _cc1996.
300			_axvii, 798 p., [4] p. of plates : _bill. (some col.), maps ;
500			_aIncludes Index
505			_a The diversity, evolution, and classification of vertebrates -- The origin of vertebrates -- Vertebrate organ systems and their evolution -- Homeostasis and energetics: water balance, temperature regulation, and energy use -- Geography and ecology from the Cambrian to the Mid-Devonian -- Aquatic vertebrates: cartilaginous and bony fishes -- The rise of jawed vertebrates and the radiation of the chondrichthyes -- Dominating life in water: teleostomes and the major radiation of fishes -- Geography and ecology from the Mid-Devonian to Late Permian -- Origin and radiation of tetrapods in the Late Paleozoic -- Salamanders, Anurans, and Caecilians -- Turtles -- Mesozoic diapsids: nonavian dinosaurs, birds, crocodilians, and others -- Geography and ecology of the Mesozoic -- The Lepidosaurs: tuatara, lizards, amphisbaenians, and snakes -- Ectothermy: a low-cost approach to life -- Characteristics of birds: specializations for flight -- The ecology and behavior of birds -- The synapsida and the evolution of mammals -- Geography and ecology of the Cenozoic -- Characteristics of mammals -- Endothermy: a high-energy approach to life -- Body size, ecology, and sociality of mammals -- Humans as vertebrates.
650		0	_aVertebrates.
650		0	_aVertebrates, Fossil.
700	1		_aHeiser, John B.
700	1		_aMcFarland, William N.
942			_cREF
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