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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

31.10.2016

Verlag

John Wiley & Sons Inc

Seitenzahl

306

Maße (L/B/H)

26/20,8/2,2 cm

Gewicht

885 g

Auflage

1. Auflage

Sprache

Englisch

ISBN

978-1-119-02076-9

Beschreibung

Produktdetails

Einband

Gebundene Ausgabe

Erscheinungsdatum

31.10.2016

Verlag

John Wiley & Sons Inc

Seitenzahl

306

Maße (L/B/H)

26/20,8/2,2 cm

Gewicht

885 g

Auflage

1. Auflage

Sprache

Englisch

ISBN

978-1-119-02076-9

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  • Produktbild: Avian Evolution

  • Foreword ix

    Preface xi

    Acknowledgments xiii

    Chapter 1 An Introduction to Birds, the Geological Settings of Their Evolution, and the Avian Skeleton 1

    Birds Are Evolutionarily Nested within Theropod Dinosaurs 2

    The Geological Settings of Avian Evolution in a Nutshell 4

    Characteristics of the Avian Skeleton 6

    Chapter 2 The Origin of Birds 18

    Archaeopteryx: The German "Urvogel" and Its Bearing on Avian Evolution 19

    The Closest Maniraptoran Relatives of Birds 22

    Feather Evolution 32

    The Origin of Avian Flight 37

    Chapter 3 The Mesozoic Flight Way towards Modern Birds 43

    Jeholornithids: Early Cretaceous Long-Tailed Birds 44

    Confuciusornis, Sapeornis, and Kin: Basal Birds with a Pygostyle 45

    Ornithothoraces and the Origin of Sustained Flapping Flight Capabilities 50

    The Ornithuromorpha: Refinement of Modern Characteristics 55

    Ornithurae and the Origin of Modern Birds 59

    Chapter 4 Mesozoic Birds: Interrelationships and Character Evolution 64

    The Interrelationships of Mesozoic Birds: Controversial Phylogenetic Placements and Well-Supported Clades 65

    Character Evolution in Mesozoic Birds 68

    Ontogenetic Development of Mesozoic Birds 81

    Chapter 5 The Interrelationships and Origin of Crown Group Birds (Neornithes) 84

    Phylogenetic Interrelationships of Neornithine Birds 85

    The Mesozoic Fossil Record of Neornithine-Like and Neornithine Birds 88

    Chapter 6 Palaeognathous Birds (Ostriches, Tinamous, and Allies) 94

    The Interrelationships of Extant Palaeognathae 95

    Early Cenozoic Palaeognathous Birds of the Northern Hemisphere 95

    Long-Winged Ostriches, Rheas, and Tinamous 97

    Short-Winged Palaeognathous Birds 101

    Biogeography: A Textbook Example of Gondwanan Vicariance Has Been Dismantled 105

    Chapter 7 Galloanseres: "Fowl" and Kin 107

    Galliformes: From Herbivorous Forest Dwellers to Seed Eaters of Open Landscapes 108

    The Waterfowl 113

    Gastornithids: Giant Herbivorous Birds in the Early Paleogene of the Northern Hemisphere 118

    Dromornithids (Mihirungs or Thunderbirds): Gastornis-Like Birds from Australia 120

    Pelagornithids: Bony-Toothed Birds 121

    Chapter 8 The "Difficult-to-Place Groups": Biogeographic Surprises and Aerial Specialists 125

    The Columbiform Birds: Doves, Sandgrouse, ... and Mesites? 126

    The Hoatzin: A South American Relict Species 127

    Turacos and Cuckoos 129

    Bustards 131

    The "Wonderful" Mirandornithes, or How Different Can Sister Taxa Be? 132

    Strisores: The Early Diversification of Nocturnal Avian Insectivores 136

    Chapter 9 Shorebirds, Cranes, and Relatives 147

    Charadriiformes: One of the Most Diverse Groups of Extant Birds 148

    From Rail to Crane 156

    Chapter 10 Aequornithes: Aquatic and Semi-Aquatic Carnivores 161

    Loons: Foot-Propelled Divers of the Northern Hemisphere 162

    Pelagic Tubenoses and Albatrosses 164

    Penguins: More Than 60 Million Years of Flightlessness 168

    The Polyphyletic "Pelecaniformes" and "Ciconiiformes" 174

    Late Cenozoic Turnovers in Marine Avifaunas 187

    Chapter 11 Cariamiforms and Diurnal Birds of Prey 189

    Seriemas and Allies: Two Species Now, Many More in the Past 190

    Diurnal Birds of Prey: Multiple Cases of Convergence among Raptorial Birds 197

    Chapter 12 The Cenozoic Radiation of Small Arboreal Birds 204

    The Courol and Mousebirds: Two African Relict Groups 205

    The Long Evolutionary History of Owls 210

    Parrots and Passerines: An Unexpected Sister Group Relationship and Its Potential Evolutionary Implications 212

    Trogons, Rollers, and Woodpeckers: Cavity-Nesters with Diverse Foot Morphologies 223

    Chapter 13 Insular Avifaunas Now and Then, on Various Scales 233

    Islands and Isolated Continents as Refugia 234

    The Evolution of Flightlessness in Predator-Free Environments 235

    Insular Gigantism and Islands as Cradles of Unusual Morphologies 241

    Glossary 245

    References 248

    Index 289