Chatterjee, Sankar. <br/><br/>
The rise of birds :  225 million years of evolution. 

 - Second edition. 
 - Baltimore :  Johns Hopkins University Press,  (c)2015. 
 - 1 online resource 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographies and index. 
<br/><br/>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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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781421416144 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Birds--Flight.<br/>Birds, Fossil.<br/>Birds--Evolution.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic Books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>QL677  / .R574 2015