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Record Nr.

UNINA9910819790403321

Titolo

Living dinosaurs : the evolutionary history of modern birds / / edited by Gareth Dyke and Gary Kaiser

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chichester, West Sussex ; ; Hoboken, NJ, : Wiley-Blackwell, 2011

ISBN

1-283-40522-9

9786613405227

1-119-99045-9

1-119-99047-5

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

xv, 422 p. : ill., maps

Altri autori (Persone)

DykeGareth

KaiserGary W

Disciplina

598.13/8

Soggetti

Birds - Evolution

Paleobiology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction : changing the questions in avian paleontology / Gary Kaiser and Gareth Dyke -- Theropod diversity and the refinement of avian characteristics / Peter J. Makovicky and Lindsay E. Zanno -- Why were there dinosaurs? Why are there birds? / Peter Ward and Robert Berner -- Pre-modern birds : avian divergences in the Mesozoic / Jingmai O'Connor, Luis M. Chiappe, and Alyssa Bell -- Progress and obstacles in the phylogenetics of modern birds / Bradley C. Livezey -- The utility of fossil taxa and the evolution of modern birds : commentary and analysis / Gareth Dyke and Eoin Gardiner -- Penguins past, present, and future : trends in the evolution of the Sphenisciformes / Daniel T. Ksepka and Tatsuro Ando -- Phorusrhacids : the terror birds / Herculano Alvarenga, Luis Chiappe, and Sara Bertelli -- The pseudo-toothed birds (Aves, Odontopterygiformes) and their bearing on the early evolution of modern birds / Estelle Bourdon -- Phylogeny and diversification of modern passerines / F. Keith Barker -- Morphological and behavioral correlates of flapping flight / Bret W. Tobalske ... [et al.] -- Evolution of the avian brain and senses / Stig Walsh and Angela Milner -- Evolving perceptions on the antiquity of the



modern avian tree / Joseph W. Brown and M. Van Tuinen -- Major events in avian genome evolution / Chris L. Organ and Scott V. Edwards -- Bird evolution across the K-Pg boundary and the basal neornithine diversification / Bent E.K. Lindow -- Functional and phylogenetic diversity in marine and aquatic birds / Gary Kaiser -- The state of the world's birds and the future of avian diversity / Gavin H. Thomas.