Through a detailed analysis of the skull anatomy of chelydrid turtles, this study sheds light on the evolutionary history and relationships of this ancient species. A must-read for herpetologists and evolutionary biologists.
Eugene S. Gaffney Knihy


Expanded and updatedThis handsome book addresses the questions of what the fossil record tells us about the evolution and extinction of dinosaurs, what their relationship to the rest of the organic world was, and what we can learn from them about our own place in the history of life on our planet. This edition has been updated throughout, with a new final chapter that details exciting recent discoveries such as the feathered dinosaur fossils in China. ONE LINE IS MISSING FROM PAGE XIII OF THIS BOOK. THE COMPLETE LINE SHOULD "We hope that the following pages will introduce you to some of these questions."This error will be corrected in future editions of the book.