| Jawless Vertebrates |
| The Acanthodians and Placoderms |
| Success of the Fishes |
| From Water to Land |
| Early Vertebrate Faunas |
| Amphibians |
| Advent of the Reptiles |
| Mammal-Like Reptiles |
| Conquest of the Land |
| Early Ruling Reptiles |
| Marine Reptiles |
| Flying Reptiles and Birds |
| Triumph of the Dinosaurs |
| Years of the Dinosaurs |
| Surviving Reptiles |
| Beginning of the Mammals |
| Marsupials |
| Introduction to the Placentals |
| The Diverging Placentals |
| Evolution of the Primates |
| Rodents and Rabbits |
| Cetaceans |
| Creodonts and Carnivores |
| Ancient Hoofed Mammals |
| South American Ungulates |
| Perissodactyls |
| Artiodactyls |
| Elephants and Their Kin |
| The Age of Mammals |
| A Classification of the Chordates |
| References |
| Key to Abbreviations of Bone Names Used in Illustrations |
| Sources and Credits for Illustrations |
| Index |
| Jawless Vertebrates |
| The Acanthodians and Placoderms |
| Success of the Fishes |
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