Feathered Dragons Studies on the Transition from Dinosaurs to Birds

Name: Feathered Dragons Studies on the Transition from Dinosaurs to Birds
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ISBN: 9780253343734

ISBN-10: 0253343739

ISBN-13: 9780253343734

Edition: 2004

Authors: Philip J. Currie, Eva B. Koppelhus, Martin A. Shugar, Joanna L. Wright

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Description:

Meat-eating theropod dinosaurs have been recognized as potential ancestors of birds since the 19th century. This book presents 15 new pieces of research on the possible link between dinosaurs and birds, including a detailed description of Bambiraptor, a new specimen discovered in the United States.

Book details

List price: $49.95
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Publication date: 4/28/2004
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 376
Size: 7.00" wide x 10.00" long x 1.50" tall
Weight: 2.244
Language: English



Contributors


Foreword


Acknowledgments


Introduction : dinosaurs acting like birds, and vice versa - an homage to the reverend




The setting



The dinosaurian setting of primitive Asian birds




End-cretaceous acid rain as a selective extinction mechanism between birds and dinosaurs




Osteology and Ichnology



New information on Bambiraptor feinbergi (Theropoda : dromaeosauridae) from the late Cretaceous of Montana




A new Dromaeosaurid from the Horseshoe Canyon Formation (upper Cretaceous) of Alberta, Canada




The braincase of Velociraptor




A Theorpod (Dromaeosauridae, Dinosauria) sternal plate from the Dinosaur Park Formation (Campanian, upper Cretaceous) of Alberta, Canada




Avian traits in the Ilium of Unenlagia comahuensis (Maniraptora : avialae)




Bird-like features of dinosaur footprints




Eggs, nests, feathers, and flight



Dinosaur eggs and nesting : implications for understanding the origin of birds




Two eggs sunny-side up : reproductive physiology in the dinosaur Troodon formosus




Dinosaur brooding behavior and the origin of flight feathers




Feathered Coelurosaurs from China : new light on the arboreal origin of avian flight




The plumage of Archaeopteryx : feathers of a dinosaur?




Dinosaur crime scene investigations : Theropod behavior at Como Bluff, Wyoming, and the evolution of birdness



Index