Avian Evolution, 1st Edition
The Fossil Record of Birds and its Paleobiological Significance
$233.35
- Hardcover
320 pages
- Release Date
3 November 2016
Summary
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 …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781119020769 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 111902076X |
| Author: | Gerald Mayr |
| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons Ltd |
| Imprint: | Wiley-Blackwell |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 320 |
| Edition: | 1st |
| Release Date: | 3 November 2016 |
| Weight: | 885g |
| Dimensions: | 249mm x 198mm x 23mm |
| Series: | TOPA Topics in Paleobiology |
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Critics Review
“Of all the works on the evolution of birds, it is the most modern, complete summary, with just enough fossil figures (no reconstructions), including 16 central color pencils, morphological descriptions and of genealogical trees. A mine of reflections that illuminate our current settlements” Ornithos, 24:5 (2017)
About The Author
Gerald Mayr
Gerald Mayr is a German paleontologist who is Curator of Ornithology at the Senckenberg Research Institute in Frankfurt am Main, Hesse. He has published extensively on fossil birds, especially the Paleogene avifauna of Europe. He is an expert on the Eocene fauna of the Messel pit.
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