Flying dinosaurs : how fearsome reptiles became birds / John Pickrell ; design, Josephine Pajor-Markus.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pickrell, John, author.

Contributor:

Pajor-Markus, Josephine, designer.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pterosauria.

Dinosaurs.

Birds.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (251 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Sydney, New South Wales : NewSouth, 2014.

Summary:

Dinosaurs didn't die out when an asteroid hit Earth 66 million years ago. Get ready to unthink what you thought you knew and journey into the deep, dark depths of the Jurassic.The discovery of the first feathered dinosaur in China in 1996 sent shockwaves through the palaeontological world. Were the feathers part of a complex mating ritual, or a stepping stone in the evolution of flight? And just how closely related is T. rex to a chicken? Award-winning journalist John Pickrell reveals how dinosaurs developed flight and became the birds in our backyards. He delves into the latest discoveries in

Contents:

CONTENTS; FOREWORD; PREFACE; INTRODUCTION: A whole New World; Before We Begin; 1. The missing link; 2. A feathered revolution begins; 3. The dinosaur hunters; 4. From dinosaur to bird; 5. Fake fossils; 6. The evolution of feathers; 7. The struggle to the skies; 8. Sex for T. rex; 9. Colouring in the dinosaurs; 10. Back from the dead; 11. The survival game; Relationships of the theropod dinosaurs; An A-Z of Feathered Dinosaurs; REFERENCES; GLOSSARY; SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-74224-682-6

1-74224-176-X

OCLC:

867526907