Fish Skulls: A Study of the Evolution of Natural Mechanisms, Transactions, American Philosophical Society (vol. 23, Part 2): 1218 - Hardcover

Gregory, William K.

 
9780871699664: Fish Skulls: A Study of the Evolution of Natural Mechanisms, Transactions, American Philosophical Society (vol. 23, Part 2): 1218
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0871699664 ISBN 13: 9780871699664
Publisher: American Philosophical Society Press, 1933

Synopsis

The vast and scattered literature of ichthyology contains hundreds of figures and descriptions of the skulls of teleost fishes, both recent and fossil. This collection of drawings of teleost skulls attempts a new review of the field as a whole, with special reference to problems of evolution. Contents: The Beginnings of the FS; Classification and Nomenclature of FS Parts; The Evolution of Particular FS Types; Isospondyli (Primitive Teleosts); Ostariophysi; Heteromi; Apodes; Mesichthyes (Intermediate Teleosts); Acanthoptyerygii (Spiny-finned Teleosts); Tentative Phylogeny of the Principal FS Types; The FS as a Natural Mechanism; The FS as a Document of Evolution; The Problem of Differential Growth and Evolution in FS; Bibliography. Illus. This is a print on demand publication.

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Publisher
American Philosophical Society Press
Publication date
1933
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0871699664
ISBN 13 
9780871699664
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
481