The rise of birds : 225 million years of evolution.

The rise of birds : 225 million years of evolution.

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Bibliographic Details
Online Access:	Electronic book from EBSCO
Main Author:	Chatterjee, Sankar.
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2015.
Edition:	Second edition.
Subjects:	Birds > Flight. Birds, Fossil. Birds > Evolution. Electronic books.

Table of Contents:

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.