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

by William K. Gregory

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;...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0871699664
• ISBN13: 9780871699664
• Release Date: January 1933
• Publisher: American Philosophical Society Press
• Length: 481 Pages