Lecture 21 How Vertebrates Conquered the Land

In this lecture I will summarize the steps necessary for vertebrates to live on land, including the evolution of support, locomotion, feeding and respiration, water balance, and finally reproduction.

You can order the textbook we use for the class here:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/111...

For further information about the instructor: http://www.benjamin-burger.org
To learn more about the geology department at USU: http://geology.usu.edu
To learn more about the Uintah Basin campus of USU: http://uintahbasin.usu.edu

Image Credits:

tp://www.blc.arizona.edu/courses/schaffer/182/Lungs.HTM
http://www.pskf.ca/sd/
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/...
http://tiktaalik.uchicago.edu/


Wikipedia

Other images come from the textbook: Benton, M.J. 2014. Vertebrate Paleontology fourth edition. Published by Wiley Blackwell Publishing. http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTi...