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Avian evolution : the fossil record of birds and its paleobiological significance /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Mayr, Gerald
Corporate Author: EBSCOhost
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Chichester, West Sussex : Wiley Blackwell, 2017.
Series:Topics in paleobiology.
Subjects:
Birds, Fossil.
Paleobiology.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • An Introduction to Birds, the Geological Settings of Their Evolution, and the Avian Skeleton
  • The Origin of Birds
  • The Mesozoic Flight Way towards Modern Birds
  • Mesozoic Birds: Interrelationships and Character Evolution
  • The Interrelationships and Origin of Crown Group Birds (Neornithes)
  • Palaeognathous Birds (Ostriches, Tinamous, and Allies)
  • Galloanseres: "Fowl" and Kin
  • The "Difficult-to-Place Groups" : Biogeographic Surprises and Aerial Specialists
  • Shorebirds, Cranes, and Relatives
  • Aequornithes: Aquatic and Semi-Aquatic Carnivores
  • Cariamiforms and Diurnal Birds of Prey
  • The Cenozoic Radiation of Small Arboreal Birds
  • Insular Avifaunas Now and Then, on Various Scales.