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Avian Evolution The Fossil Record of Birds and its Paleobiological Significance

Aus der Reihe TOPA Topics in Paleobiology

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Produktdetails

Einband

Gebundene Ausgabe

Erscheinungsdatum

21.10.2016

Verlag

John Wiley & Sons Inc

Seitenzahl

324

Maße (L/B/H)

26/20,8/2,2 cm

Gewicht

922 g

Auflage

1. Auflage

Sprache

Englisch

ISBN

978-1-119-02076-9

Beschreibung

Produktdetails

Einband

Gebundene Ausgabe

Erscheinungsdatum

21.10.2016

Verlag

John Wiley & Sons Inc

Seitenzahl

324

Maße (L/B/H)

26/20,8/2,2 cm

Gewicht

922 g

Auflage

1. Auflage

Sprache

Englisch

ISBN

978-1-119-02076-9

Herstelleradresse

Libri GmbH
Europaallee 1
36244 Bad Hersfeld
DE

Email: gpsr@libri.de

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  • Produktbild: Avian Evolution
  • FOREWORD
     
    PREFACE
     
    ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
     
    1. AN INTRODUCTION INTO BIRDS, THE GEOLOGICAL SETTINGS OF THEIR EVOLUTION, AND THE AVIAN SKELETON 4
     
    Birds are evolutionary nested within theropod dinosaurs 4
     
    The geological settings of avian evolution in a nutshell 6
     
    Characteristics of the avian skeleton 7
     
    2. THE ORIGIN OF BIRDS 13
     
    Archaeopteryx: The German "urvogel" and its bearing on avian evolution 13
     
    The closest maniraptoran relatives of birds 15
     
    Feather evolution 21
     
    The origin of avian flight 25
     
    3. THE MESOZOIC FLIGHT WAY TOWARDS MODERN BIRDS 29
     
    Jeholornithids: Early Cretaceous long-tailed birds 30
     
    Confuciusornis, Sapeornis, and kin: Basal birds with a pygostyle 31
     
    Ornithothoraces and the origin of sustained flapping flight capabilities 34
     
    The Ornithuromorpha: Refinement of modern characteristics 37
     
    Ornithurae and the origin of modern birds 40
     
    4. MESOZOIC BIRDS: INTERRELATIONSHIPS AND CHARACTER EVOLUTION 43
     
    The interrelationships of Mesozoic birds - controversial phylogenetic placements and well-supported clades 43
     
    Character evolution in Mesozoic birds 45
     
    Ontogenetic development of Mesozoic birds 53
     
    5. THE INTERRELATIONSHIPS AND ORIGIN OF CROWN GROUP BIRDS (NEORNITHES) 55
     
    Phylogenetic interrelationships of neornithine birds 56
     
    The Mesozoic fossil record of neornithine-like and neornithine birds 58
     
    6. PALAEOGNATHOUS BIRDS (OSTRICHES, TINAMOUS, AND ALLIES) 61
     
    The interrelationships of extant Palaeognathae 62
     
    Early Cenozoic palaeognathous birds of the Northern Hemisphere 63
     
    The long-winged ostriches, rheas, and tinamous 64
     
    The short-winged palaeognathous birds 67
     
    Biogeography: A textbook example of Gondwanan vicariance has become dismantled 70
     
    7. GALLOANSERES: "FOWL" AND KIN 71
     
    Galliformes - from herbivorous forest dwellers to seed eaters of open landscapes 72
     
    The waterfowl 75
     
    Gastornithids: Giant herbivorous birds in the early Paleogene of the Northern Hemisphere 79
     
    Dromornithids (mihirungs or thunderbirds): Gastornis-like birds from Australia 80
     
    Pelagornithids: The bony-toothed birds 81
     
    8. THE "DIFFICULT-TO-PLACE GROUPS": BIOGEOGRAPHIC SURPRISES AND AERIAL SPECIALISTS 83
     
    The columbiform birds: Doves, sandgrouse, ... and mesites? 84
     
    The Hoatzin - a South American relict species 85
     
    Turacos and cuckoos 86
     
    Bustards 87
     
    The "wonderful" Mirandornithes, or how different can sister taxa be? 88
     
    Strisores: The early diversification of nocturnal avian insectivores 91
     
    9. SHOREBIRDS, CRANES, AND RELATIVES 97
     
    Charadriiformes: One of the most diverse groups of extant birds 97
     
    From rail to crane 103
     
    10. AEQUORNITHES: AQUATIC AND SEMI-AQUATIC CARNIVORES 107
     
    Loons: Foot-propelled divers of the Northern Hemisphere 107
     
    The pelagic tubenoses and albatrosses 108
     
    Penguins: More than 60 million years of flightlessness 111
     
    The polyphyletic "Pelecaniformes" and "Ciconiiformes" 115
     
    Late Cenozoic turnovers in marine avifaunas 125
     
    11. CARIAMIFORMS AND DIURNAL BIRDS OF PREY 126
     
    Seriemas and allies: Two species now, a lot more in the past 127
     
    Diurnal birds of prey: Multiple cases of convergence among raptorial birds 131
     
    12. THE CENOZOIC RADIATION OF SMALL ARBOREAL BIRDS 137
     
    The Courol and mousebirds: Two African relict groups 137
     
    The long evolutionary history of owls 140
     
    Parrots and passerines: An unexpected sister gro