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Language English language Country United States of America | 4.6/5 Goodreads Originally published 1966 Subject Vertebrate paleontology Media type Textbook | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ISBN 0-7167-1822-7 (3rd edition) Publisher University of Chicago Press Similar Vertebrate Paleontology and Evol, Evolution of the Vertebrates, The Vertebrate Body, Osteology of the reptiles, Vertebrate Palaeontology | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vertebrate Paleontology is an advanced textbook on vertebrate paleontology by Alfred Sherwood Romer, published by the University of Chicago Press. It went through three editions (1933, 1945, 1966) and for many years constituted a very authoritative work and the definitive coverage of the subject. A condensed version centering on comparative anatomy, coauthored by T.S. Parson came in 1977, remaining in print until 1985. The 1987 book Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution by Robert L. Carroll is largely based on Romer's book.
The book provides a very detailed and comprehensive technical account of every main group of living and fossil vertebrates, though the mammal-like reptiles are covered in particular, these being Romer's main interest. At the rear of the book is a classification list which includes every genus known at the time of publication, along with locality and stratigraphic range.