TY - BOOK AU - Kent, Goerge C. TI - Comparative anatomy of the vertebrates SN - 801626501 AV - QL 805 .K46 1978 PY - 1978/// CY - Saint Louis, Missouri PB - The C.V. Mosby Company KW - VERTEBRATES -- ANATOMY N1 - 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. N2 - 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 ER -