Avian evolution : the fossil record of birds and its paleobiological significance /: the fossil record of birds and its paleobiological significance. (2017)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Gerald Mayr, Senckenberg Research Institute Frankfurt, Senckenberganlage, Germany.
• Authors: Mayr, Gerald
• 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.
• Publisher Details: Chichester, West Sussex, UK Hoboken, NJ, USA : John Wiley & Sons, Inc
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations
• Subjects: 568; Birds, Fossil; Paleobiology; Birds, Fossil; Paleobiology; NATURE / Fossils; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781119020677; 1119020670; 9781119020738; 1119020735
• Related ISBNs: 9781119020721; 1119020727; 9781119020769
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on October 19, 2016).
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