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This
resource is designed to familiarise you with the structure, diversity and evolutionary
history of vertebrates through analysing images of specimens held at UCL’s
Grant Museum of Zoology. It contains seven chapters: an introduction to
vertebrate diversity, Fishes, the fish-tetrapod transition, Amphibians and
Amniotes, Lepidosaurs and Chelonians, Archosaurs, and Birds and flight. All
images have accompanying text, including information about the specimen plus
hints about what to look for and the questions to
consider when analysing the images. Please note that this resource does not
look at mammals in detail – instead, this fascinating group are given a more
thorough treatment in another Object Based Learning for Higher Education
(OBL4HE) resource entitled ‘Vertebrate Diversity’ and the Virtual Educational
Resource for the Biosciences (VERB) resource ‘Eutherians’, both of which can be
found on JORUM by searching for the key words OBL4HE and VERB respectively.
Scalebars
are provided throughout (except for models). Please note that there are two different scale bars used, one with 1cm divisions and one with 0.5cm divisions.
To download this resource in its entirety, see the resource's JORUM page:
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'Vertebrate Palaeontology and Evolution' has been released as an open educational resource (OER) on a Creative Commons 'Attribution Non-commercial Share Alike' license. This means that once downloaded, content can be modified and improved to complement a particular course. This requires, however, that improvements are recycled back into the OER community. All content present at the time of download must be accordingly credited and, in turn, novel content must be appropriately licensed. For more information, please refer to the license deed by clicking on the link above.