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Avian Evolution - The Fossil Record of Birds and its Paleobiological Significance (Hardcover)
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Avian Evolution - The Fossil Record of Birds and its Paleobiological Significance (Hardcover)
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Knowledge of the evolutionary history of birds has much improved in
recent decades. Fossils from critical time periods are being
described at unprecedented rates and modern phylogenetic analyses
have provided a framework for the interrelationships of the extant
groups. This book gives an overview of the avian fossil record and
its paleobiological significance, and it is the only up-to-date
textbook that covers both Mesozoic and more modern-type Cenozoic
birds in some detail. The reader is introduced to key features of
basal avians and the morphological transformations that have
occurred in the evolution towards modern birds. An account of the
Cenozoic fossil record sheds light on the biogeographic history of
the extant avian groups and discusses fossils in the context of
current phylogenetic hypotheses. This review of the evolutionary
history of birds not only addresses students and established
researchers, but it may also be a useful source of information for
anyone else with an interest in the evolution of birds and a
moderate background in biology and geology.
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