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The rise of fishes: 500 million years of evolution

2011; Association of College and Research Libraries; Volume: 48; Issue: 10 Linguagem: Inglês

10.5860/choice.48-5692

1943-5975

John A. Long,

Fish Biology and Ecology Studies

Part 1 Enigmatic fossils - heads or tails?: the origins of fishes tunicates (urochordates) lancelets (cephalochordates) the conodonts - enigmatic fossils the mitrates - strange allies of the vertebrates? bone - its early beginnings gills. Part 2 Jawless wonders - the first fishes: the agnatha the oldest fishes - ordovician agnathans the heterostraci - a great radiation anaspida - forerunners of lampreys thelodonti - the scales tell the tales the gelaspida - mysterious oriental agnathans pituriaspida - a newly discovered class of vertebrates osteostracans - the pinnacle of jawless achievement the end of the jawless empire links to the first jawed fishes basic structure of primitive agnathans fish teeth. Part 3 Sharks and their kin - killers from way back: class chondrichthyes the origin of sharks the late palaeozoic chondrichthyan radiation humble beginnings of modern chondrichthyan faunas holocephalans - an early radiation the rays shine through basic structure of primitive chondrichthyans. Part 4 Extinct spiny fins - the acanthodii: the origins and affinities of acanthodians the climatiiformes - armoured and adorned acanthodians the ischnacanthiformes - the predators acanthodiformes - filter-feeders and survivors basic structure of an acanthodian. Part 5 Armoured fishes and fishes with arms: class placodermi placoderm origins and relationships the stensioellida and the pseudo-petalichthyida - early enigmatics the rhenanida and the acanthothoraci - elaborately armoured ones the ptyctodontida - crushing teeth and spiky clasper the petalichthyida and their odd relatives the flat and fearsome phyllolepida the arthrodira - the great placoderm success story the antiarchi - always at arms length basic structure of placoderm gogo fishes and the acid preparation technique reproduction and the origins of vertebrate sex. Part 6 True bony fishes and their origins: class osteichthyes lophosteiforms - enigmatic ancestors of bony fishes the oldest true osteichthyans basic structure of an osteichthyan. Part 7 Ray-finned fishes - a winning formula: the actino-pterygii Devonian ray-finned fishes the rise of the primitive ray-fins neopterygii - the dawning of success teleosteans - their early beginnings basic structure of a primitive ray-finned fish fishes and dinosaurs - life in a mesozoic ecosystem. Part 8 Lungfishes - fishes that breathe: the dipnoi lungfish origins dipnoan diversity - the denticle shedders dentine-covered palates - the early crushers refined feeding mechanisms basic structure of primitive dipnoan the origin of lungs. Part 9 Big teeth - strong fins: class osteichthyes, subclass crossopterygii primitive crossopterygians the coelacanths (actinistia) the extinct porolepiformes the dagger-toothed fishes (onychodontiformes) giant killers of the carboniferous - rhizodontiforms fishes leading to land animals - osteolepiformes. (Part contents).