Geol.741     VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY                                            (3 C.H)

Ordering of life, the species, organic web, evolution and patterns of evolution, protochordata, fish and amphibians, reptiles, avian fossils, mammalian fossils, vertebrate fossils of Pakistan, correlation with the world possible, evidence of climate from vertebrate fossils, vertebrate fossils extraction, statistical techniques of morphological comparison

• Vertebrate paleontology by Benton, M. J., 2005. Blackwell Publishing, London.
• Vertebrate paleontological techniques, vol. 1 by Leiggi, P. and May, P., 2005. Cambridge University Press, London.
• Functional morphology in vertebrate paleontology by Thomason, J., 1997. Cambridge University Press, London.
• Patterns and processes of vertebrate evolution by Carroll, R. L., 1997, Cambridge University Press, London.