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Paleontological tree of the vertebrates

  • The History of Creation: Or the Development of the Earth and Its Inhabitants by the Action of Natural Causes

  • 1872

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Plate illustrates the paleontological tree of vertebrates divided by era and species. Species include fish, reptiles and mammals.

This plate can be found in Ernst Haeckel's Natürliche Schöpfungsgeschichte: Gemeinverständliche Wissenschaftliche Vorträge über die Entwickelungslehre, or The History of Creation: Or the Development of the Earth and Its Inhabitants by the Action of Natural Causes.

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Haeckel, Ernst. “Paleontological Tree of the Vertebrates.” Natürliche Schöpfungsgeschichte: Gemeinverständliche Wissenschaftliche Vorträge Über Die Entwickelungslehre. Berlin, Germany: G. Reimer, 1872. https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/9k3l06g.

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