Cover illustration: Coelacanth model, Devonian (Daderot, 2012) (exhibit in the Houston Museum of Natural Science, Houston, Texas, USA; photography was permitted in the museum without restriction).
This book is a revised and expanded English translation from the original Portuguese edition Peixes conquistam a terra firme: nova abordagem para um evento acidental único, published by Editora Baraúna in 2017.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Triques, Mauro Luís, author. | Christoffersen, Martin Lindsey, author.
Title: A new paradigm for the conquest of land by vertebrates that includes exaptations / by Mauro Luís Triques, Martin Lindsey Christoffersen.
Other titles: Peixes conquistam a terra firme. English
Description: Boston, Massachusetts : Brill, [2024] | This book is a revised and expanded English translation from the original Portuguese edition Peixes conquistam a terra firme: nova abordagem para um evento acidental único, published by Editora Baraúna in 2017. | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2023046473 (print) | LCCN 2023046474 (ebook) | ISBN 9789004684751 (hardback) | ISBN 9789004684911 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Vertebrates–Evolution. | Vertebrates–Adaptation.
Classification: LCC QL607.5 .T7513 2024 (print) | LCC QL607.5 (ebook) | DDC 596–dc23/eng/20231101
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2023046473
LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2023046474
Typeface for the Latin, Greek, and Cyrillic scripts: “Brill”. See and download: brill.com/brill-typeface.
ISBN 978-90-04-68475-1 (hardback)
ISBN 978-90-04-68491-1 (e-book)
DOI 10.1163/9789004684911
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