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The Evolution of Feathers: From Their Origin to the Present de Christian Foth

The Evolution of Feathers: From Their Origin to the Present: Fascinating Life Sciences

Editat de Christian Foth, Oliver W. M. Rauhut
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 26 aug 2021
Feathers are one of the most unique characteristics of modern birds and represent the most complex and colourful type of skin derivate within vertebrates, while also fulfilling various biological roles, including flight, thermal insulation, display, and sensory function. For years it was generally assumed that the origin of flight was the main driving force for the evolution of feathers. However, various discoveries of dinosaur species with filamentous body coverings, made over the past 20 years, have fundamentally challenged this idea and produced new evolutionary scenarios for the origin of feathers.
This book is devoted to the origin and evolution of feathers, and highlights the impact of palaeontology on this research field by reviewing a number of spectacular fossil discoveries that document the increasing morphological complexity along the evolutionary path to modern birds. Also featuring chapters on fossil feather colours, feather development and its genetic control, the book offers a timely and comprehensive overview of this popular research topic. 
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9783030272258
ISBN-10: 3030272257
Pagini: 243
Ilustrații: VIII, 243 p. 80 illus., 71 illus. in color.
Dimensiuni: 178 x 254 x 15 mm
Greutate: 0.53 kg
Ediția:1st ed. 2020
Editura: Springer International Publishing
Colecția Springer
Seria Fascinating Life Sciences

Locul publicării:Cham, Switzerland

Cuprins

1. Introduction to the morphology, development, and ecology of feathers.- 2. Molecular and cellular mechanisms of feather development provide a basis for diverse evolution of feather forms.- 3. The origin of birds: current consensus, controversy, and the occurrence of feathers.- 4. Integumentary structures in Kulindadromeus zabaikalicus, a basal neornithischian dinosaur from the Jurassic of Siberia.- 5. Filamentous integuments in non-avialan theropods and their kin: advances and future perspectives for understanding the evolution of feathers.- 6. Two of a feather: A comparison of the preserved integument in the juvenile theropod dinosaurs Sciurumimus and Juravenator from the Kimmeridgian Torleite Formation of southern Germany.- 7. Feather evolution in Pennaraptora.- 8. The feathers of the Jurassic Urvogel Archaeopteryx.- 9. The plumage of basal birds.- 10. A morphological review of the enigmatic elongated tail feathers of stem birds.- 11. Review on color patterns of fossil feathers.- 12. On the ancestry of feathers in Mesozoic dinosaurs.

Notă biografică

Christian Foth: Dipl. Biol., Dr. rer. nat. is a palaeobiologist, who studied biology at the University of Rostock and gained his doctoral degree in palaeontology from the Ludwig Maximilian University in Munich for studying the skull shape evolution of archosaurian reptiles. His research focusses on the evolution of archosaurs and the origin of birds. He currently works as a senior assistant at the Department of Geosciences of the University of Fribourg. 
Oliver W. M. Rauhut: Dipl. Geol., PhD, Dr. habil, apl. Prof. is a vertebrate palaeontologist who studied geology and palaeontology at the Free University of Berlin, and gained his PhD from the University of Bristol on the phylogenetic relationships of theropod dinosaurs. He is an expert in the evolution of dinosaurs and other extinct reptiles and works currently as Curator for Lower Vertebrates at the Bavarian State Collection for Palaeontology and Geology and adjunct Professor for Palaeontology at the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences of Ludwig Maximilian University in Munich.

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Feathers are one of the most unique characteristics of modern birds and represent the most complex and colourful type of skin derivate within vertebrates, while also fulfilling various biological roles, including flight, thermal insulation, display, and sensory function. For years it was generally assumed that the origin of flight was the main driving force for the evolution of feathers. However, various discoveries of dinosaur species with filamentous body coverings, made over the past 20 years, have fundamentally challenged this idea and produced new evolutionary scenarios for the origin of feathers. This book is devoted to the origin and evolution of feathers, and highlights the impact of palaeontology on this research field by reviewing a number of spectacular fossil discoveries that document the increasing morphological complexity along the evolutionary path to modern birds. Also featuring chapters on fossil feather colours, feather development and its genetic control, the bookoffers a timely and comprehensive overview of this popular research topic. 

Caracteristici

Provides an overview of outstanding fossil discoveries from the past two decades that are essential to understanding feather evolution Offers unique insights into the topic of feather evolution from a palaeontological perspective Enriches readers’ understanding of the Dinosaur-Bird transition