When the invasion of land failed : the legacy of the Devonian extinctions / George R. McGhee Jr.
"This book explores the ecological consequences of the twin extinction events--the one that occurred within the Late Devonian (the end-Frasnian extinction) and the one that closed the Devonian period (the end-Famennian extinction)--for the evolution of terrestrial animal life on Earth--Provided...
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New York :
Columbia University Press,
[2013]
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| Series: | Critical moments and perspectives in earth history and paleobiology series.
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Table of Contents:
- The evolution of life on land
- The plants establish a beachhead
- The first animal invasion
- The first catastrophe and retreat
- The second animal invasion
- The second catastrophe and retreat
- Victory at last
- The legacy of the Devonian extinctions.