{"product_id":"the-rise-of-reptiles-9781421428673","title":"The Rise of Reptiles","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe defining masterwork on the evolution of reptiles.   Over 300 million years ago, an early land vertebrate developed an egg that contained the embryo in an amnion, allowing it to be deposited on land. This moment marked the first step in the fascinating and complex evolutionary journey of the reptiles. In The Rise of Reptiles, paleontologist Hans-Dieter Sues explores the diversity of reptilian lineages, discussing the relationships among turtles, crocodylians, lizards and snakes, and many extinct groups. Reflecting the tremendous advances in the study of reptilian diversity and phylogeny over recent decades, this book is the first detailed, contemporary synthesis of the evolutionary history of these remarkable animals. Reptiles have always confused taxonomists, who have endlessly debated and rewritten their classifications. In this book, Sues adopts an explicitly phylogenetic framework to sift through the evidence and discuss the origin and diversification of Reptilia in a way no one\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe writing style is clear and easy, the illustrations are excellent, and the whole design and print quality highly attractive. There is no other book like it, and this will stand as a useful reference for many years.\u003cbr\u003e—Michael J. Benton, University of Bristol, \u003ci\u003eThe Herpetological Bulletin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis volume is the most complete and current compendiumon reptilian evolution and diversity to date . . . Few (if any) are better suited to have written this volume than Sues. His impressive research record over the past 40 years has dealt directly with many of the taxonomic groups in this volume, including (nonreptile) synapsids, parareptiles, sauropterygians, crocodylomorphs, and dinosaurs.\u003cbr\u003e—Jeremy B. Stout, \u003ci\u003eQuarterly Review of Biology\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Rise of Reptiles\u003c\/i\u003e will become a classic in its own time, supplanting Colbert (1945), Romer (1966), Carroll (1988), and all previous syntheses of vertebrate paleontology. Sues indisputably joins them as a leader in their ranks with this landmark book on reptile phylogeny and evolution. Every professional herpetologist and paleontologist should have a copy on their shelf within easy reach.\u003cbr\u003e—J. Whitfield Gibbons, \u003ci\u003eCopeia\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003eOutline Classification\u003cbr\u003e1 Introduction\u003cbr\u003e2 Amniotes and Reptiles\u003cbr\u003e3 Parareptilia: A Group of Their Own\u003cbr\u003e4 Basal Eureptilia and Diapsida: Early Evolution of Modern Reptiles\u003cbr\u003e5 Testudinata: Turtles and Their Stem-Taxa\u003cbr\u003e6 Sauropterygia, Ichthyosauromorpha, and Related Reptiles: The Early Mesozoic Invasion of the Sea\u003cbr\u003e7 Lepidosauromorpha: Rhynchocephalians, Squamates, and Their Relatives\u003cbr\u003e8 Archosauromorpha: The Ruling Reptiles and Their Relatives\u003cbr\u003e9 Pseudosuchia: Crocodile-Line Archosaurs\u003cbr\u003e10 Avemetatarsalia: Bird-Line Archosaurs Excluding Dinosaurs\u003cbr\u003e11 Dinosauria I: Saurischia\u003cbr\u003e12 Dinosauria II: Ornithischia\u003cbr\u003e13 A Brief History of Reptiles\u003cbr\u003e14 The Future of Reptiles\u003cbr\u003eGlossary\u003cbr\u003eReferences\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Johns Hopkins University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49408128549207,"sku":"9781421428673","price":61.2,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781421428673.jpg?v=1730501688","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-rise-of-reptiles-9781421428673","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}