Vertebrate Palaeontology (book)

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Vertebrate Palaeontology
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First edition
Author Michael J. Benton
Illustrator John Sibbick
LanguageEnglish
Genre Vertebrates, Fossil, Biology, Geology
Publisher Blackwell Publishing, Chapman & Hall
Publication date
1990, 1997, 2005, 2014, 2024
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
Media type Paperback
Pages688
ISBN 978-1394195084
566 22
LC Class QE841 .B44 2005

Vertebrate Palaeontology is a basic textbook on vertebrate paleontology by Michael J. Benton, published by Blackwell's. It has so far appeared in five editions, published in 1990, 1997, 2005, 2014, and 2024. It is designed for paleontology graduate courses in biology and geology as well as for the interested layman.

The book is widely used, and has received excellent reviews:

The book gives an overall account of every major group of living and fossil vertebrate. At the rear of the book is a phylogenetic classification which combines both the Linnaean hierarchy and the cladistic arrangement, and has been used as a guideline for the Wikipedia pages on living and extinct vertebrate taxa. However, some of Benton's classification differs from that in the Tree of Life Web Project, especially regarding the relationship of early amphibian groups (Batrachomorpha and Reptiliomorpha).

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References

  1. Sansom, I. "VERTEBRATE PALAEONTOLOGY". Book Reviews. The Micropalaeontological Society. Retrieved 21 March 2013.
  2. Dzik, J. (2005). "Vertebrate Palaeontology (3rd ed.), by Michael J. Benton" (PDF). Journal of Sedimentary Research. Retrieved 21 March 2013.