1. The Diversity, Classification, and Evolution of Vertebrates

 2. Vertebrate Relationships and Basic Structure

 3. Early Vertebrates: Jawless Vertebrates and the Origin of Jawed Vertebrates

II. NON-AMNIOTIC VERTEBRATES: FISHES AND AMPHIBIANS

 4. Living in Water

 5. Radiation of the Chondrichthyes

 6. Dominating Life in Water: The Major Radiation of Fishes

 7. Geography and Ecology of the Paleozoic Era

 8. Living on Land

 9. Origin and Radiation of Tetrapods

10. Salamanders, Anurans, and Caecilians

III. SAUROSPIDA: TURTLES, LEPIDOSAURS, AND ARCHOSAURS

11. Synapsids and Sauropsids: Two Approaches to Terrestrial Life

12. Turtles

13. The Lepidosaurs: Tuatara, Lizards, and Snakes

14. Ectothermy: A Low-Cost Approach to Life

15. Geography and Ecology of the Mesozoic Era

16. Mesozoic Diapsids: Dinosaurs, Crocodilians, Birds, and Others

17. Avian Specializations

IV. SYNAPSIDA: THE MAMMALS

18. The Synapsida and the Evolution of Mammals

19. Geography and Ecology of the Cenozoic Era

20. Mammalian Diversity and Characteristics

21. Mammalian Specializations

22. Endothermy: A High-Energy Approach to Life

23. Body Size, Ecology, and Sociality of Mammals

24. Primate Evolution and the Emergence of Humans

25. The Impact of Humans on Other Species of Vertebrates

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