Invasions of the land : the transitions of organisms from aquatic to terrestrial life / Malcolm S. Gordon and Everett C. Olson.

Author/creator Gordon, Malcolm S.
Other author Olson, Everett C. (Everett Claire), 1910-1993.
Format Book
Publication InfoNew York : Columbia University Press, ©1995.
Descriptionxv, 312 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Subjects

Contents Introduction -- The physical settings of land invasions -- Plant transitions to land -- Fossil evidence of metazoan transitions: Cambrian through middle Silurian -- Fossil evidence of metazoan transitions: late Silurian and Devonian -- Fossil evidence of metazoan transitions: Permo-Carboniferous and later -- Functional evidence from living molluscs -- Functional evidence from living annelids and crustaceans -- Functional evidence from living vertebrates -- Summary and synthesis.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [269]-300) and indexes.
LCCN 94020344
ISBN023106876X

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks QH366.2 .G657 1995 ✔ Available Place Hold