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Invasions of the land : the transitions of organisms from aquatic to terrestrial life

Title
Invasions of the land : the transitions of organisms from aquatic to terrestrial life / Malcolm S. Gordon and Everett C. Olson.
Author
Gordon, Malcolm S.
Publication
New York : Columbia University Press, c1995.

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Additional Authors
Olson, Everett Claire, 1910-
Description
xv, 312 p. : ill., maps; 24 cm.
Subjects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [269]-300) and indexes.
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.
Call Number
JFE 96-19327
ISBN
023106876X (acid-free paper)
LCCN
94020344
OCLC
30511427
Author
Gordon, Malcolm S.
Title
Invasions of the land : the transitions of organisms from aquatic to terrestrial life / Malcolm S. Gordon and Everett C. Olson.
Imprint
New York : Columbia University Press, c1995.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. [269]-300) and indexes.
Indexed Term
Evolution
Added Author
Olson, Everett Claire, 1910-
Research Call Number
JFE 96-19327
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