The Rise of Birds : 225 Million Years of Evolution

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Chatterjee, Sankar
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2015.
Edition:Second edition.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Birds, Fossil.
Birds > Flight.
Birds > Evolution.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Zoology > Ornithology.
NATURE > Birdwatching Guides.
NATURE > Animals > Birds.
Oiseaux > Évolution.
Oiseaux fossiles.
Oiseaux > Vol.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Mesozoic Pompeii
  • The evolution of an airframe
  • The origin of birds
  • Archaeopteryx : an ancient wing
  • Protoavis : a precocious Triassic bird
  • Basal avialans : the long-tailed birds
  • Pygostylia : the short-tailed birds
  • Enantiornithes : global Cretaceous birds
  • Ornithuromorphs : the prelude to modern birds
  • The end-Cretaceous mass extinction
  • The avian revolution begins
  • The origin of flight
  • Eggs, embryos and heterochrony
  • Feathers and footprints
  • The feeding mechanism and cranial kinesis
  • Birds and humans.

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