Aquagenesis : the origin and evolution of life in the sea / Richard Ellis
Imprint
New YorK : Viking, c2001
Descript
vii, 304 p. : ill. ; 25 cm
CONTENT
Origin of life in the vents -- Garden of the ediacara 00 Wonders of the burgess shale -- Cambrian explosion -- Living fossils -- Here come the mollusks -- Brachiopods -- Cephalopods -- Jawless fishes -- Lungfishes -- Coelacanths -- Pisces triumphant -- Evolution of bioluminescence -- Sharks -- Marine reptiles -- Encased in armor plate -- Sea snakes -- Crocodilians -- Birds that swim -- Sea cows -- Sea weasels -- Flippers for feet -- Desmostylians -- Cetaceans -- Living whales -- Aquatic ape