Attribution
Luis M. ChiappePublication Details
BookJohn Wiley2007Availability
LOCATION CALL # STATUS (UPPER LEVEL) QE871 .C45 2007 AVAILABLE New Feature: Text this to your cellphone
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Description
Written by a recognised authority in the field, Glorified Dinosaurs: The Origin and Early Evolution of Birds provides a comprehensive summary of these discoveries and addresses the fascinating topic of how modern birds evolved from fearsome dinosaurs akin to the celebrated Velociraptor. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)Subject
Contents
- Mesozoic birds and their world
- Theancestry of birds and the origin of flight
- |gThebizarre Mononykus and its kin : an evolutionary experiment
- Archaeopteryx : the earliest bird
- Rahonavis and other long-tailed birds
- |gThefirst short-tailed birds
- |gThegreat Mesozoic radiation : the flying Enantiornithes
- Early predecessors of modern birds
- Hesperornis and its relatives : divers of the cretaceous seas
- |gThe beginnings of modern birds
ISBN
- 0471247235
- 9780471247234
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