LEADER 02696nam 2200577 450 001 9910786907803321 005 20230803202414.0 010 $a1-74224-682-6 010 $a1-74224-176-X 035 $a(CKB)3710000000109980 035 $a(EBL)1688439 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1688439 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6215970 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1811265 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1688439 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10868564 035 $a(OCoLC)867526907 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1811265 035 $a(OCoLC)892799223 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000109980 100 $a20140523h20142014 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aFlying dinosaurs $ehow fearsome reptiles became birds /$fJohn Pickrell ; design, Josephine Pajor-Markus 210 1$aSydney, New South Wales :$cNewSouth,$d2014. 210 4$dİ2014 215 $a1 online resource (251 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-74223-366-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCONTENTS; 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 330 $aDinosaurs 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 606 $aPterosauria 606 $aDinosaurs 606 $aBirds 615 0$aPterosauria. 615 0$aDinosaurs. 615 0$aBirds. 676 $a567.918 700 $aPickrell$b John$01137238 702 $aPajor-Markus$b Josephine 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910786907803321 996 $aFlying dinosaurs$93693054 997 $aUNINA