Avian Evolution Mayr Gerald
Avian Evolution Mayr Gerald Knowledge of the evolutionary history of birds has much improved in recent decades. This book gives an overview of the avian fossil record and its paleobiological…
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Avian Evolution Mayr Gerald
Knowledge of the evolutionary history of birds has much improved in recent decades. 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. 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.
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. The reader is introduced to key features of basal avians and the morphological transformations that have occurred in the evolution towards modern birds. This review of the evolutionary history of birds not only addresses students and