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Turtles as hopeful monsters : origins and evolution
- Title
- Turtles as hopeful monsters : origins and evolution / Olivier Rieppel.
- Author
- Rieppel, Olivier
- Publication
- Bloomington, Indiana : Indiana University Press, [2017]
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Details
- Series Statement
- Life of the past
- Uniform Title
- Life of the past.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-197) and index.
- Contents
- Introduction : turtles as hopeful monsters -- Misplaced turtles -- Reptile classification and evolution -- Levels of evolution -- Hopeful monsters -- The turtle shell -- Fossil hunting in China.
- Call Number
- JFF 19-2047
- ISBN
- 9780253024756
- 0253024757
- LCCN
- 2016031981
- OCLC
- 962068511
- Author
- Rieppel, Olivier, author.
- Title
- Turtles as hopeful monsters : origins and evolution / Olivier Rieppel.
- Publisher
- Bloomington, Indiana : Indiana University Press, [2017]
- Description
- vii, 206 pages : illustrations (some color), color map ; 27 cm.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- Life of the pastLife of the past.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-197) and index.
- Summary
- "Where do turtles hail from? Why and how did they acquire shells? These questions have spurred heated debate and intense research for more than two hundred years. Brilliantly weaving evidence from the latest paleontological discoveries with an accessible, incisive look at different theories of biological evolution and their proponents, Turtles as Hopeful Monsters tells the fascinating evolutionary story of the shelled reptiles. Paleontologist Olivier Rieppel traces the evolution of turtles from over 220 million years ago, examining closely the relationship of turtles to other reptiles and charting the development of the shell. Turtle issues fuel a debate between proponents of gradual evolutionary change and authors favoring change through bursts and leaps of macromutation."--Provided by publisher.
- Other Form:
- Online version: Rieppel, Olivier. Turtles as hopeful monsters. Bloomington : Indiana University Press, [2017] 9780253025074 (DLC) 2016050733
- Research Call Number
- JFF 19-2047