Glorified dinosaurs the origin and early evolution of birds
Mesozoic birds and their world -- The ancestry of birds and the origin of flight -- The bizarre Mononykus and its kin : an evolutionary experiment -- Archaeopteryx : the earliest bird -- Rahonavis and other long-tailed birds -- The first short-tailed birds -- The great Mesozoic radiation : the flyin...
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| Sprache: | eng |
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Hoboken, NJ
Wiley
2007
Hoboken, NJ John Wiley 2007 |
| Ausgabe: | 1. publ. |
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| Online Zugang: | Inhaltsverzeichnis Table of contents only Contributor biographical information Publisher description |
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | Mesozoic birds and their world -- The ancestry of birds and the origin of flight -- The bizarre Mononykus and its kin : an evolutionary experiment -- Archaeopteryx : the earliest bird -- Rahonavis and other long-tailed birds -- The first short-tailed birds -- The great Mesozoic radiation : the flying Enantiornithes -- Early predecessors of modern birds -- Hesperornis and its relatives : divers of the cretaceous seas -- The beginnings of modern birds |
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| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 252-255) and index |
| Beschreibung: | IX, 263 S. zahlr. Ill., graph. Darst. |
| ISBN: | 9780868404134 978-0-86840-413-4 0471247235 0-471-24723-5 9780471247234 978-0-471-24723-4 |