Accompanied by student companion website with PowerPoints of all figures for downloading.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Vertebrates originate -- 2. How to study fossil vertebrates -- 3. Early Palaeozoic fishes -- 4. Early tetrapods and amphibians -- 5. Evolution of early amniotes -- 6. Bounceback : tetrapods of the Triassic -- 7. Evolution of fishes after the Devonian -- 8. The age of dinosaurs -- 9. The birds -- 10. Mammals -- 11. Human evolution -- Appendix. Classification of the vertebrates