Feathered Dragons: Studies on the Transition from Dinosaurs to Birds

Author:   Philip J. Currie ,  Eva B. Koppelhus ,  Martin A. Shugar ,  Joanna L. Wright
Publisher:   Indiana University Press
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9780253343734


Pages:   376
Publication Date:   28 April 2004
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Philip J. Currie ,  Eva B. Koppelhus ,  Martin A. Shugar ,  Joanna L. Wright
Publisher:   Indiana University Press
Imprint:   Indiana University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 17.80cm , Height: 3.00cm , Length: 25.40cm
Weight:   0.998kg
ISBN:  

9780253343734


ISBN 10:   0253343739
Pages:   376
Publication Date:   28 April 2004
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Contributors Foreword Acknowledgments Introduction: Dinosaurs Acting Like Birds, and Vice Versa - Robert T. Bakker Section I. The Setting 1. The Dinosaurian Setting of Primitive Asian Birds - Dale A. Russell 2. End-Cretaceous Acid Rain as a Selective Extinction Mechanism Between Birds and Dinosaurs - Gregory J. Retallack Section II. Osteology and Ichnology 3. New information on Bambiraptor feinbergi (Theropoda: Dromaeosauridae) from the Late Cretaceous of Montana - David Burnham 4. A New Dromaeosaurid from the Horseshoe Canyon Formation (Upper Cretaceous) of Alberta, Canada - Philip J. Currie and David J. Varricchio 5. The Braincase of Velociraptor - Mark A. Norell, Peter J. Makovicky and James M. Clark 6. A Theropod (Dromaeosauridae, Dinosauria) Sternal Plate from the Dinosaur Park Formation (Campanian, Upper Cretaceous) of Alberta, Canada - Stephen J. Godfrey and Philip J. Currie 7. Avian traits in the ilium of Unenlagia comahuensis (Maniraptora: Avialae) - Fernando E. Novas 8. Bird-Like Features of Dinosaur Footprints - Joanna L. Wright Section III. Eggs, Nests, Feathers and Flight 9. Dinosaur Eggs and Nesting: Implications for Understanding the Origin of Birds - Gerald Grellet-Tinner and Luis M. Chiappe 10. Two Eggs Sunny-Side Up: Reproductive Physiology in the Dinosaur Troodon formosus- David J. Varricchio and Frankie K. Jackson 11. Dinosaur Brooding Behaviour and the Origin of Flight Feathers - Thomas P. Hopp and Mark J. Orsen 12. Feathered Coelurosaurs from China: New Light on the Arboreal Origin of Avian Flight - Sankar Chatterjee and R. J. Templin 13. The Plumage of Archaeopteryx - Feathers of a Dinosaur? - Peter Wellnhofer 14. Dinosaur Crime-Scene Investigations: Theropod Behavior at Como Bluff, Wyoming, and the Evolution of Birdness - Robert T. Bakker and Gary Bir Index

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... a superb overview of the past decade's discoveries of feathered dinosaurs. It has 23 international experts essaying how dino-birds evolved, their relationship to true birds and the evolution of feathers and flight. It's great stuff, technical in places but well illustrated and with some excellent writing ... --New Scientist, 14 August 2004


Author Information

Philip J. Currie is Curator of Dinosaurs at the Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology. Eva B. Koppelhus is a palynologist and Adjunct Research Scientist at the Royal Tyrrell Museum. Martin A. Shugar, M.D., F.A.C.S., was director of the Florida Institute of Paleontology at the Graves Museum of Archaeology and Natural History. Joanna L. Wright is Assistant Professor of Geology at the University of Colorado at Denver and Associate Director, CU-MWC Fossil Footprint Collection.

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