1.

Record Nr.

UNISA990001297020203316

Autore

PRIESTLEY, John Boynton

Titolo

English journey / J.B. Priestley

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Heinemann, 1937

Descrizione fisica

442 p. ; 20 cm.

Collocazione

VII.3.A. 997 (II i A 404)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910786907803321

Autore

Pickrell John

Titolo

Flying dinosaurs : how fearsome reptiles became birds / / John Pickrell ; design, Josephine Pajor-Markus

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Sydney, New South Wales : , : NewSouth, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

1-74224-682-6

1-74224-176-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (251 p.)

Disciplina

567.918

Soggetti

Pterosauria

Dinosaurs

Birds

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

CONTENTS; FOREWORD; PREFACE; INTRODUCTION: A whole New World; Before We Begin; 1. The missing link; 2. A feathered revolution begins; 3. The dinosaur hunters; 4. From dinosaur to bird; 5. Fake fossils; 6. The evolution of feathers; 7. The struggle to the skies; 8. Sex for T. rex;



9. Colouring in the dinosaurs; 10. Back from the dead; 11. The survival game; Relationships of the theropod dinosaurs; An A-Z of Feathered Dinosaurs; REFERENCES; GLOSSARY; SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

Dinosaurs didn't die out when an asteroid hit Earth 66 million years ago. Get ready to unthink what you thought you knew and journey into the deep, dark depths of the Jurassic.The discovery of the first feathered dinosaur in China in 1996 sent shockwaves through the palaeontological world. Were the feathers part of a complex mating ritual, or a stepping stone in the evolution of flight? And just how closely related is T. rex to a chicken? Award-winning journalist John Pickrell reveals how dinosaurs developed flight and became the birds in our backyards. He delves into the latest discoveries in