Prehistoric Life

Percy E. Raymond

Published by Harvard University Press 1947

Prehistoric Life

Percy E. Raymond

https://doi.org/10.4159/harvard.9780674429994

Contents

Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
CONTENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
INTRODUCTION Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	ix
GEOLOGICAL TIMETABLE Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	xii
I. FOSSILS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
II. COLLECTING FOSSILS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	12
III. THE FIRST ANIMALS AND PLANTS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	19
IV. PRE—CAMBRIAN LIFE Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	29
V. THE ORDOVICIAN FAUNA Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	40
VI. PETRIFIED BUTTERFLIES Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	47
VII. THE AQUATIC ARACHNIDS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	55
VIII. THE RADIATES Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	62
IX. THE BEGINNINGS OF THE CHORDATES Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	73
X. THE ORIGIN OF THE VERTEBRATES Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	84
XI. THE RISE OF THE AIR—BREATHING VERTEBRATES Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	96
XII. AMPHIBIA, THE FIRST TETRAPODS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	108
XIII. THE FIRST REPTILES Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	119
XIV. THE TERRIBLE LIZARDS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	128
XV. MORE ABOUT DINOSAURS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	144
XVI. MARINE REPTILES Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	153
XVII. FLYING REPTILES Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	164
XVIII. FROM SCALES TO FEATHERS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	173
XIX. SQUIDS, DEVILFISH, AND CHAMBERED SHELLS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	189
XX. INSECTS: THE FIRST AVIATORS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	200
XXI. ARCHAIC MAMMALS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	209
XXII. THE MAMMALS INHERIT THE EARTH Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	220
XXIII. BEASTS OF PREY Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	228
XXIV. VEGETARIANS SEIZE THEIR OPPORTUNITY Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	238
XXV. SOME GENEALOGIES Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	253
XXVI. MAMMALS OF YESTERDAY Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	264
XXVII. THE ANCESTRY OF MAN Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	274
XXVIII. THE IMPORTANCE OF PLANTS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	292
XXIX. RETROSPECT AND PROSPECT Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	300
INDEX Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	313

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Copyright year: 1947
Edition: 5th printing 1967. Reprint 2014
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Front matter: 9
- Main content: 324
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 156
- Other: 156 illustrations
Keywords: Paleontology.

eBook

Published: October 1, 2013
ISBN: 9780674429994

Hardcover

Published: February 5, 1947
ISBN: 9780674429970