The rise of birds : 225 million years of evolution.
Chatterjee, Sankar.
The rise of birds : 225 million years of evolution. - Second edition. - Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, (c)2015. - 1 online resource
Includes bibliographies and index.
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.
9781421416144
Birds--Flight.
Birds, Fossil.
Birds--Evolution.
Electronic Books.
QL677 / .R574 2015
The rise of birds : 225 million years of evolution. - Second edition. - Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, (c)2015. - 1 online resource
Includes bibliographies and index.
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.
9781421416144
Birds--Flight.
Birds, Fossil.
Birds--Evolution.
Electronic Books.
QL677 / .R574 2015