Glorified dinosaurs: the origin and early evolution of birds (Feb 2007)

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  • Author(s): Chiappe, Luis M.
  • Publisher:
    John Wiley
  • Document Type:
    Book
  • Physical Description:
    Illustration; Color; Map
  • Additional Information
    • Reading Level (Grade):
      Adult
    • Pages:
      ix, 263 p. :
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    • Subjects:
      Birds; Paleontology; Evolution; Paleobiology; Prehistoric era (Mesozoic, Triassic, Jurassic, Cretaceous)
    • Content Notes:
      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.
    • ISBN:
      9780471247234, hardback, US
    • Publication Year:
      2007
    • Country of Publication:
      United States of America
    • Dewey Decimal Classification:
      568
    • Library of Congress Control Number:
      2006029317
    • Accession Number:
      69325828