The evolution of feathers : from their origin to the present /: from their origin to the present. ([2020])
- Record Type:
- Book
- Title:
- The evolution of feathers : from their origin to the present /: from their origin to the present. ([2020])
- Main Title:
- The evolution of feathers : from their origin to the present
- 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.
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