Dinosaurs of the air : the evolution and loss of flight in dinosaurs and birds / Gregory S. Paul.
Dinosaurs of the air : the evolution and loss of flight in dinosaurs and birds / Gregory S. Paul.
Dinosaurs of the air : the evolution and loss of flight in dinosaurs and birds / Gregory S. Paul.
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Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, c2002.
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NQ568/1
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English
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ix, 460 p. : ill. ; 29 cm.
Contents
Pt. 1. Getting Started -- Ch. 1. A History -- Ch. 2. The Science of Bird Origins -- Pt. 2. Skeletons, Bones, and Other Remains of the Mesozoic -- Ch. 3. Skulls -- Ch. 4. Skeletons -- Ch. 5. Feathers and Other Fluff -- Pt. 3. Flight: How and Why It Evolves, Why It Is Lost, and How to Tell When -- Ch....
App. 4. Evolving the Power to Walk, Run, and Fly -- App. 5. Locomotory Data Plots -- App. 6. A New Yixian Dromaeosaur, and the Flight-Adapted Finger of a Flightless Basal Sickle-Clawed Dinosaur -- App. 7. Figure Abbreviations for Skull Elements.
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Publisher
Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, c2002.
Place of Publication
Maryland
Date Published
c2002.
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"Dinosaurs of the Air: The Evolution and Loss of Flight in Dinosaurs and Birds presents the most recent work of renowned evolutionary scientist and dinosaur illustrator Gregory Paul. Dinosaurs of the Air synthesizes the growing body of evidence which suggests that modern-day birds have evolved from theropod dinosaurs of prehistoric times. Paul argu...
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Dinosaurs of the air : the evolution and loss of flight in dinosaurs and birds / Gregory S. Paul.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 411-436) and index.
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c2002.
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NQ568/1
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74VvbGJwNXa3
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0801867630 (hardcover : acid-free paper)
9780801867637 (alk. paper)
0801867630 (alk. paper)
9780801867637 (hardcover : acid-free paper)
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568
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991014892709702626
