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Avian evolution : the fossil record of birds and its paleobiological significance /
"Knowledge of the evolutionary history of birds has much improved in recent decades. Fossils from critical time periods are being described at unprecedented rates and modern phylogenetic analyses have provided a framework for the interrelationships of the extant groups. This book gives an overv...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Chichester, West Sussex :
Wiley Blackwell,
2017.
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| Colección: | Topics in paleobiology.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- An Introduction to Birds, the Geological Settings of Their Evolution, and the Avian Skeleton
- The Origin of Birds
- The Mesozoic Flight Way towards Modern Birds
- Mesozoic Birds: Interrelationships and Character Evolution
- The Interrelationships and Origin of Crown Group Birds (Neornithes)
- Palaeognathous Birds (Ostriches, Tinamous, and Allies)
- Galloanseres: "Fowl" and Kin
- The "Difficult-to-Place Groups" : Biogeographic Surprises and Aerial Specialists
- Shorebirds, Cranes, and Relatives
- Aequornithes: Aquatic and Semi-Aquatic Carnivores
- Cariamiforms and Diurnal Birds of Prey
- The Cenozoic Radiation of Small Arboreal Birds
- Insular Avifaunas Now and Then, on Various Scales.