Flying Dinosaurs : : How Fearsome Reptiles Became Birds /

Flying Dinosaurs : : How Fearsome Reptiles Became Birds / / John Pickrell.

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The discovery of stunning, feathered dinosaur fossils coming out of China since 2006 suggest that these creatures were much more bird-like than paleontologists previously imagined. Further evidence—bones, genetics, eggs, behavior, and more—has shown a seamless transition from fleet-footed carnivores...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Columbia University Press Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015
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Pickrell, John,
Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [2014]
©2014
Year of Publication:2014
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (240 p.) :; 26 color illustrations
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • 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

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