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The Rise of Birds : 225 Million Years of Evolution.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2015Copyright date: ©2015Edition: 2nd edDescription: 1 online resource (387 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781421416144
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: The Rise of BirdsDDC classification:
  • 598.13/8
LOC classification:
  • QL677.3 .C438 2015
Online resources:
Contents:
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.
Summary: 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.
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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.

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.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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