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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Feduccia, Alan
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New Haven : Yale University Press, ©2012.
Subjects:
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
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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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