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by Edwin H. Colbert
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ISBN: 0486293777 Dover Publications Price: $9.95 |
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Concise detailed review — amply illustrated — of the astonishing creatures that ruled the earth for some 60 million years, with particular emphasis on the tetrapods (four-legged vertebrates that lived during the years of reptilian dominance). Also examines interrelationships between amphibians and reptiles, birds and mammals, and between these creatures and their environments.
Table of Contents for The Age of Reptiles
| Preface to the Dover Edition | |||||||
| Preface to the First Edition | |||||||
| 1 "TIME, TETRAPODS AND FOSSILS" | |||||||
| 2 BEGINNING OF THE AGE OF REPTILES | |||||||
| 3 EARLY REPTILIAN RULES OF THE LAND | |||||||
| 4 THE TRANSITION | |||||||
| 5 SUPREMACY OF THE REPTILES | |||||||
| 6 THE FIRST WAVE OF EXTINCTION | |||||||
| 7 NEW RULING REPTILES | |||||||
| 8 DOMINANCE OF THE DINOSAURS | |||||||
| 9 A NEW WORLD FORESHADOWED | |||||||
| 10 ZENITH OF THE DINOSAURS | |||||||
| 11 THE GREAT EXTINCTION | |||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||
| Addendum | |||||||
| Index |