Keywords:
Birds-Evolution.
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Birds, Fossil.
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Birds-Flight.
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Electronic books.
Description / Table of Contents:
His compelling, occasionally controversial, revelations--accompanied by spectacular illustrations--are a must-read for anyone with a serious interest in the evolution of "the feathered dinosaurs,from vertebrate paleontologists and ornithologists to naturalists and birders.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
Pages:
1 online resource (387 pages)
Edition:
2nd ed.
ISBN:
9781421416144
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/geomar/detail.action?docID=3318879
DDC:
598.13/8
Language:
English
Note:
Cover -- Contents -- Preface to the Second Edition -- Preface to the First Edition -- 1 Mesozoic Pompeii -- 2 The Evolution of an Airframe -- 3 The Origin of Birds -- 4 Archaeopteryx: An Ancient Wing -- 5 Protoavis: A Precocious Triassic Bird -- 6 Basal Avialans: The Long-Tailed Birds -- 7 Pygostylia: The Short-Tailed Birds -- 8 Enantiornithes: Global Cretaceous Birds -- 9 Ornithuromorphs: The Prelude to Modern Birds -- 10 The End-Cretaceous Mass Extinction -- 11 The Avian Revolution Begins -- 12 The Origin of Flight -- 13 Eggs, Embryos, and Heterochrony -- 14 Feathers and Footprints -- 15 The Feeding Mechanism and Cranial Kinesis -- 16 Birds and Humans -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z.
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