I. VERTEBRATE DIVERSITY, FUNCTION, AND EVOLUTION

 1. The Diversity, Classification, and Evolution of Vertebrates

 2. Vertebrate Relationships and Basic Structure

 3. Early Vertebrates: Jawless Vertebrates and the Origin of Jawed Vertebrates

II. NON-AMNIOTIC VERTEBRATES: FISHES AND AMPHIBIANS

 4. Living in Water

 5. Radiation of the Chondrichthyes

 6. Dominating Life in Water: The Major Radiation of Fishes

 7. Geography and Ecology of the Paleozoic

 8. Living on Land

 9. Origin and Radiation of Tetrapods

10. Salamanders, Anurans, and Caecilians

III. SAUROSPIDA: TURTLES, LEPIDOSAURS, AND BIRDS

11. Synapsids and Sauropods: Two Approaches to Terrestrial Life

12. Turtles

13. The Lepidosaurs: Tuatara, Lizards, and Snakes

14. Ectothermy: A Low-Cost Approach to Life

15. Geography and Ecology of the Mesozoic

16. Mesozoic Diapsids: Dinosaurs, Crocodilians, and Birds

17. Avian Specializations

IV. SYNAPSIDA: THE MAMMALS
18. The Synapsida the Evolution of Mammals

19. Geography and Ecology of the Cenozoic

20. Mammalian Characteristics and Diversity

21. Mammalian Specializations

22. Endothermy: A High-Energy Approach to Life

23. Body Size, Ecology, and Sociality of Mammals

24. Primate Evolution and the Emergence of Humans

25. The Impact of Humans on Other Species of Vertebrates