Comparative anatomy of the vertebrates /
Goerge C. Kent
- Fourth Edition
- Saint Louis, Missouri : The C.V. Mosby Company, c1978
- xiii, 465 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
1. The vertebrate body -- 2. Vertebrate beginnings and some simple chordates -- 3. Parade of the vertebrates in time and taxons -- 4. Viviparity, the germ layers, and extraembryonic membranes -- 5. Skin -- 6. Mineralized tissues: an introduction to the skeleton -- 7. Vertebrate, ribs, and sternum -- 8. Skull and visceral skeleton -- 9. Appendicular skeleton -- 10. Muscles.
The data are employed partly to attempt to deduce the history of the different species on our planet and the environmental conditions under which they rose, flourished and became extinct.