The Origin and Evolution of BirdsYale University Press, 1. jaan 1999 - 466 pages An exploration of all that is known about the origin of birds and of avian flight. It draws on fossil evidence and studies of the structure and biochemistry of living birds to present knowledge and data on avian evolution and to propose a new model of this evolutionary process. |
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Contents
Feathered Reptiles | 1 |
The Descent of Birds | 45 |
The Genesis of Avian Flight | 93 |
The CretaceousDivers and Seabirds | 139 |
Flamingos Ducks and Longlegged | 195 |
The Evolution of Flightlessness | 231 |
Birds of Prey | 291 |
The Rise of Land Birds | 313 |
T rex Was No FourTon Roadrunner | 374 |
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ancestor Anseriformes arboreal Archaeopteryx archosaurs avian bill bipedal birdlike bones Charadriiformes cladistic claws convergent Coraciiformes coracoid courtesy Cracraft derived digits dinosaurs distal ducks enantiornithine endothermic Eocene evidence evolution evolutionary evolved extinct feathers Feduccia flamingos flight flightless birds flying forelimbs forms fossil fossil record furcula Galliformes genera genus George Miksch Sutton gliding grebes groups gruiform hallux Hesperornis hesperornithiforms hindlimb Island known land birds late Cretaceous late Jurassic late Triassic living loons mammals Martin Mesozoic Miocene modern birds morphology Mourer-Chauviré Museum of Natural Natural History nest North America nosaurs Old World Oligocene origin of birds ornithurine oscines ostrich Ostrom owls Paleocene paleognathous paleontologist passerines pelecaniform penguins Photo phylogenetic Pliocene Presbyornis primitive pterosaurs ratites reptiles shorebirds Sibley and Ahlquist similar skeleton skull Solnhofen South species specimen sternum Storrs Olson structure suboscines tail tarsometatarsus Tertiary thecodonts theropod tion toes Triassic Upper vertebrates Wellnhofer wing World vultures
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