TY - BOOK AU - Steyer,Sebastien AU - Spence, Chris., TI - Earth before the dinosaurs T2 - Life of the past SN - 9780253223807 (pbk. : alk. paper) U1 - 596 23 PY - 2012/// CY - Bloomington PB - Indiana University Press KW - Vertebrates KW - Evolution KW - Extremities (Anatomy) KW - Fossil Vertebrates KW - Paleontology KW - Paleozoic N1 - Translated from French; Includes bibliographical references and index; 1. The great transition -- 2. Limbs : how do they work? -- 3. The Pangaean chronicles -- 4. Between Earth and sky -- 5. A brief guide to paleontology-- Bibliography-- Index-- N2 - Introduces the vertebrates that inhabited the Earth before the dinosaurs, including tetrapods that emerged from the sea and adapted to terrestrial life ER -