Riddle of the feathered dragons : hidden birds of China /

"Examining and interpreting recent spectacular fossil discoveries in China, paleontologists have arrived at a prevailing view: there is now incontrovertible evidence that birds represent the last living dinosaur. But is this conclusion beyond dispute? In this book, evolutionary biologist Alan F...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Feduccia, Alan
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Haven : Yale University Press, ©2012.
Temas:
From 65 to 230 million years ago
Birds, Fossil > China.
Birds > Evolution.
Birds > Flight.
Feathers, Fossil.
Evolutionary paleobiology.
Paleontology > Mesozoic.
Paleontology > China.
Oiseaux fossiles > Chine.
Oiseaux > Évolution.
Oiseaux > Vol.
Paléobiologie évolutive.
Paléontologie > Mésozoïque.
Paléontologie > Chine.
SCIENCE > Paleontology.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Zoology > Ornithology.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Evolution.
NATURE > Fossils.
Birds > Evolution
Birds > Flight
Birds, Fossil
Evolutionary paleobiology
Feathers, Fossil
Mesozoic Geologic Period
Paleontology
China
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Romancing the dinosaurs : blame to go around
  • What did evolution's high priest say?
  • The iconic Urvogel was a bird
  • Mesozoic Chinese aviary takes form
  • Big chicks : the flightless birds
  • Yale's raptor : toward consilience, not consensus
  • Appendix 1. A sliver of Urvogel bone : implications for endothermy
  • Appendix 2. The persisting problem of avian digital homology.

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