The rise of birds : 225 million years of evolution / Sankar Chatterjee.
The rise of birds : 225 million years of evolution / Sankar Chatterjee.
The rise of birds : 225 million years of evolution / Sankar Chatterjee.
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Baltimore, MD : Johns Hopkins University Press, 1997.
Date
1997.
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TQ072579
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English
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xvi, 312 p. : ill., maps ; 28 cm.
Contents
Ch. 1. From Protoavis to Pigeon -- Ch. 2. The Design of an Airframe -- Ch. 3. The Triassic Treasures of Texas -- Ch. 4. A Portrait of Protoavis -- Ch. 5. The Jurassic Birds -- Ch. 6. The Birds of the Early Cretaceous Period -- Ch. 7. The Birds of the Late Cretaceous Period -- Ch. 8. Eggs and Embryos...
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Baltimore, MD : Johns Hopkins University Press, 1997.
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Maryland
Date Published
1997.
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The Rise of Birds discusses the significance of all the many recently discovered bird and possible bird fossils, from Europe to China to Latin America. Chatterjee outlines the varying theories of how animal flight developed, and he explains, in terms of comparative anatomy, what makes a bird a bird. Beautifully illustrated by Michael W. Nickell, th...
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The rise of birds : 225 million years of evolution / Sankar Chatterjee.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [285]-300) and index.
Transferred from NQ598.138/1.
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TQ072579
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ISBN
0801856159 (acid-free paper)
9780801856150 (acid-free paper)
DDC
598.138
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991010113549702626
