The evolution of feathers : from their origin to the present /: from their origin to the present. ([2020])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Christian Foth, Oliver W.M. Rauhut, editors.
• Editors: Foth, Christian; Rauhut, Oliver W. M
• Contents: 1. Introduction to the morphology, development, and ecology of feathers -- 2. Molecular and cellular mechanisms of feather development provide a basis for diverse evolution of feather forms -- 3. The origin of birds: current consensus, controversy, and the occurrence of feathers -- 4. Integumentary structures in Kulindadromeus zabaikalicus, a basal neornithischian dinosaur from the Jurassic of Siberia -- 5. Filamentous integuments in non-avialan theropods and their kin: advances and future perspectives for understanding the evolution of feathers -- 6. Two of a feather: A comparison of the preserved integument in the juvenile theropod dinosaurs Sciurumimus and Juravenator from the Kimmeridgian Torleite Formation of southern Germany -- 7. Feather evolution in Pennaraptora -- 8. The feathers of the Jurassic Urvogel Archaeopteryx -- 9. The plumage of basal birds -- 10. A morphological review of the enigmatic elongated tail feathers of stem birds -- 11. Review on color patterns of fossil feathers -- 12. On the ancestry of feathers in Mesozoic dinosaurs.
• Publisher Details: Cham : Springer
• Publication Date: 2020
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 598.147; Feathers, Fossil; Feathers; Birds -- Evolution; Feathers; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 3030272230; 9783030272234; 9783030272241; 3030272249; 9783030272258; 3030272257
• Related ISBNs: 3030272222; 9783030272227
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.; Note: Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on April 09, 2020).
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