02815cam a22003614a 4500 16526549 GCWUF 20171117091230.0 101101s2011 enkabf b 001 0 eng 2010043277 GBB0B0372 bnb 015649124 Uk 9780470656662 (cloth) 0470656662 (cloth) (OCoLC)ocn664324132 DLC MAIN pcc QL677.3 .L58 2011 598.138 22 DKY Living dinosaurs : the evolutionary history of modern birds / edited by Gareth Dyke and Gary Kaiser. Chichester, West Sussex ; Hoboken, NJ : Wiley-Blackwell, 2011. xv, 422 p., [8] p. of col. plates : ill., maps ; 26 cm. Include Index Includes bibliographical references and index. 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. Birds Evolution. Paleobiology. Dyke, Gareth. Kaiser, Gary W. 7 cbc orignew 1 ecip 20 y-gencatlg ddc BK 3064 3064 0 0 ddc 0 0 NFIC MAIN MAIN SC 2017-11-17 Purchased 7365.00 0 598.138 DKY B0043854 2017-11-17 00:00:00 2017-11-17 BK