Paleobiology of giant flightless birds
« The fossil record of giant flightless birds extends back to the Late Cretaceous, more than 70 million years ago, but our understanding of these extinct birds is still incomplete. This is partly because the number of specimens available is sometimes limited, but also because widely different approaches have been used to study them, with sometimes contradictory results. This book summarizes the current knowledge of the paleobiology of seven groups of giant flightless birds: Dinornithiformes, Ae…
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- Full title :Paleobiology of giant flightless birds / Delphine Angst, Eric Buffetaut.
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« The fossil record of giant flightless birds extends back to the Late Cretaceous, more than 70 million years ago, but our understanding of these extinct birds is still incomplete. This is partly because the number of specimens available is sometimes limited, but also because widely different approaches have been used to study them, with sometimes contradictory results. This book summarizes the current knowledge of the paleobiology of seven groups of giant flightless birds: Dinornithiformes, Aepyornithiformes, Dromornithidae, Phorusrhacidae, Brontornithidae, Gastornithidae and Gargantuavis. The first chapter presents the global diversity of these birds and reviews the tools and methods used to study their paleobiology. Chapters 2 to 8 are each dedicated to one of the seven groups of extinct birds. Finally, a conclusion offers a global synthesis of the information presented in the book in an attempt to define a common evolutionary model. »--
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- Publication Date:©2017
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- Publisher(s):Elsevier, ISTE Press
- Place of Publication:London, UK
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©2017
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- Description:xiv, 281 pages : : illustrations, cartes ; : 24 cm.
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- ISBN:9781785481369, 1785481363
- oclc:on1020023283
Table of Contents
1. General Introduction -- 2. Dinornithiformes -- 3. Aepyornithiformes -- 4. Dromornithidae -- 5. Phorusrhacidae -- 6. Brontornithidae -- 7. Gastornithidae -- 8. Gargantuavis -- General conclusions.
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