The rise of birds : 225 million years of evolution / Sankar Chatterjee.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Chatterjee, Sankar (Author)
Language:English
Published: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2015.
Edition:Second edition.
Subjects:
Physical Description:xiv, 370 pages : illustrations, map ; 29 cm
Format: Book

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505 0 |a 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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