Paleogene Fossil Birds
Autor Gerald Mayren Limba Engleză Hardback – 7 apr 2009
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9783540896272
ISBN-10: 3540896279
Pagini: 253
Ilustrații: XIII, 262 p.
Dimensiuni: 155 x 235 x 23 mm
Greutate: 0.59 kg
Ediția:2009
Editura: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
Colecția Springer
Locul publicării:Berlin, Heidelberg, Germany
ISBN-10: 3540896279
Pagini: 253
Ilustrații: XIII, 262 p.
Dimensiuni: 155 x 235 x 23 mm
Greutate: 0.59 kg
Ediția:2009
Editura: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
Colecția Springer
Locul publicării:Berlin, Heidelberg, Germany
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Public țintă
ResearchCuprins
Stratigraphy and major fossil localities.- Higher-level phylogeny of extant birds.- Mesozoic Neornithes.- Palaeognathous birds.- Galloanseres.- Aquatic and semiaquatic taxa.- Charadriiformes (shorebirds and allies).- “Core-Gruiformes” (Rails, Cranes, and Allies).- Phoenicopteriformes (flamingos) and Podicipediformes (grebes).- Columbiformes (doves and sandgrouse), Cuculiformes (cuckoos), and other neoavian taxa of uncertain affinities.- “Caprimulgiformes” and Apodiformes (Nightjars and Allies, Swifts, and Hummingbirds).- Cariamae (seriemas and allies).- “Falconiformes” (Diurnal Birds of Prey).- Strigiformes (owls).- Arboreal birds.- Paleogene avifaunas – synopsis of general aspects.
Recenzii
From the reviews:
"This book presents the first detailed review of the Paleogene avian fossil record on a worldwide scale. Included in the book are several black-and-white photos of the actual fossil specimens. Anyone with an interest in avian or Paleogene paleontology will want this book!" (GrrlScientist, Birdbooker Report 75: Living the Scientific Life, July, 2009)
“The volume is largely made up of commentaries on the skeletal material … and includes biogeographic and paleoecologic assessments of faunas. … The book contains photographs of many of the systematically important materials … . References to previous publications are exhaustively numerous. This is a book for specialists. Summing Up: Recommended. Graduate students and above.” (D. Bardack, Choice, Vol. 47 (3), November, 2009)
"This book presents the first detailed review of the Paleogene avian fossil record on a worldwide scale. Included in the book are several black-and-white photos of the actual fossil specimens. Anyone with an interest in avian or Paleogene paleontology will want this book!" (GrrlScientist, Birdbooker Report 75: Living the Scientific Life, July, 2009)
“The volume is largely made up of commentaries on the skeletal material … and includes biogeographic and paleoecologic assessments of faunas. … The book contains photographs of many of the systematically important materials … . References to previous publications are exhaustively numerous. This is a book for specialists. Summing Up: Recommended. Graduate students and above.” (D. Bardack, Choice, Vol. 47 (3), November, 2009)
Textul de pe ultima copertă
The present book is the first detailed review of the Paleogene avian fossil record on a worldwide scale. Numerous well-preserved fossil bird remains from this geological period, which covers the time span from the end of the Mesozoic era to the beginning of the Miocene, have been described in the past two decades. Some of these not only provide information on morphological transformations in the evolutionary history of the extant avian taxa, but are also of great significance for an understanding of their historical biogeography. Others represent extinct taxa which sometimes show a bizarre morphology not found in modern birds, such as the giant pseudo-toothed birds which reached wingspans up to six meters.
The reader is introduced to basic morphological features of the various groups which, as far as possible, are placed into a phylogenetic context in the light of current hypotheses on the interrelationships of extant birds. In a concluding chapter the biogeographical significance of Paleogene fossil birds and possible reasons for faunal changes during the Paleogene are detailed. As such, the book not only aims at providing an overview for specialists, but may also help students of other fields of vertebrate paleontology to better understand Paleogene ecosystems.
The reader is introduced to basic morphological features of the various groups which, as far as possible, are placed into a phylogenetic context in the light of current hypotheses on the interrelationships of extant birds. In a concluding chapter the biogeographical significance of Paleogene fossil birds and possible reasons for faunal changes during the Paleogene are detailed. As such, the book not only aims at providing an overview for specialists, but may also help students of other fields of vertebrate paleontology to better understand Paleogene ecosystems.
Caracteristici
Up-to-date and comprehensive overview of the Paleogene avian fossil record for vertebrate paleontologists and ornithologists interested in the evolutionary history of birds First study which is exclusively devoted to the Paleogene fossil record of birds on a worldwide scale
Notă biografică
Gerald Mayr is a German zoologist, who is head of the Ornithological Section of the Senckenberg Research Institute in Frankfurt am Main, Hesse. He published widely on fossil avifaunas, particularly from the Paleogene of Europe, North America, and New Zealand. His research interests also comprise the phylogenetic relationships, skeletal morphology, and evolutionary history of extant birds.
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In the present book the Paleogene fossil record of birds is detailed for the first time on a worldwide scale. I have developed the idea for such a project for several years, and think that it is an appropriate moment to present a summary of our c- rent knowledge of the early evolution of modern birds. Meanwhile not only is there a confusing diversity of fossil taxa, but also significant progress has been made concerning an understanding of the higher-level phylogeny of extant birds. Hypotheses which were not considered even a decade ago are now well supported by independent analyses of different data. In several cases these group together morphologically very different avian groups and allow a better understanding of the mosaic character distribution found in Paleogene fossil birds. The book aims at bringing some of this information together, and many of the following data are based on first-hand examination of fossil specimens.
In the present book the Paleogene fossil record of birds is detailed for the first time on a worldwide scale. I have developed the idea for such a project for several years, and think that it is an appropriate moment to present a summary of our c- rent knowledge of the early evolution of modern birds. Meanwhile not only is there a confusing diversity of fossil taxa, but also significant progress has been made concerning an understanding of the higher-level phylogeny of extant birds. Hypotheses which were not considered even a decade ago are now well supported by independent analyses of different data. In several cases these group together morphologically very different avian groups and allow a better understanding of the mosaic character distribution found in Paleogene fossil birds. The book aims at bringing some of this information together, and many of the following data are based on first-hand examination of fossil specimens.