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- 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
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"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)Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Paleogene Fossil Birds
Authors: Gerald Mayr
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-89628-9
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2009
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-540-89627-2Published: 07 April 2009
eBook ISBN: 978-3-540-89628-9Published: 21 April 2009
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 262
Topics: Evolutionary Biology, Paleontology, Animal Systematics/Taxonomy/Biogeography, Zoology, Vertebrates