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Paleogene Fossil Birds
This second, completely revised edition of “Paleogene fossil birds” gives a comprehensive, updated overview of the avian fossil record from a...
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Connectivity Patterns of the Hindlimb Musculoskeletal System in Living and Fossil Diving Birds
To study the hindlimb connectivity patterns of aquatic birds, we compared the musculoskeletal multi-networks of non-divers (Numididae and Anatidae),...
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Palaeognathous Birds
The Tinamiformes were long considered to be the sister group of the flightless palaeognathous birds, which were classified as “ratites”. However,...
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Old and new fossil birds from the Spanish Miocene
Now a long time ago, avian remains from the Vallès-Penedès Basin and from other Miocene localities inaugurated the study of the Neogene birds from...
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Origin and Evolution of Birds
Archaeopteryx lived about 155 million years ago and was a descendent of a long line of dinosaur and theropod ancestors. In this chapter, I review...
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Taphonomic experiments reveal authentic molecular signals for fossil melanins and verify preservation of phaeomelanin in fossils
Melanin pigments play a critical role in physiological processes and sha** animal behaviour. Fossil melanin is a unique resource for understanding...
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An extraordinary fossil captures the struggle for existence during the Mesozoic
Dinosaurs and mammals have coexisted for the last ~ 230 million years. Both groups arose during the Late Triassic and diversified throughout the...
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Molecular exploration of fossil eggshell uncovers hidden lineage of giant extinct bird
The systematics of Madagascar’s extinct elephant birds remains controversial due to large gaps in the fossil record and poor biomolecular...
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Hotelling’s Fossil Fuel Economics
Fossil fuels such as coal, crude oil, and natural gas are some of the most valuable exhaustible non-renewable resources of the planet. In an...
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Fascinating Natural and Biological Traits of Birds
The natural history of birds is summarized. Account of what contemporary birds are, when and how they came to be what they are, and why and how they...
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Birds
The vertebrate Bauplan has undergone a very particular evolution in the class of Aves. Irrespective of the enormous variation in colour, plumage,...
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Fossil biomolecules reveal an avian metabolism in the ancestral dinosaur
Birds and mammals independently evolved the highest metabolic rates among living animals
1 . Their metabolism generates heat that enables active...
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Fossil Trafficking, Fraud, and Fakery
The fascination with ancient flora and fauna is a centuries-old phenomenon and is one of the main drivers of fossil crimes. Fossils have been sought...
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200 Years of Fossil Fuels and Climate Change (1900–2100)
The geologic record shows that the Earth’s climate has always been changing naturally during the past 600 million years in terms of CO 2 and...
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Fossil Hunting in the Badlands of South Dakota by Harold Rollin Wanless, 1923
This is an insightful first-hand 1923 summary by Harold Rollin Wanless of his 1920–1922 field seasons in the White River Badlands of South Dakota. He...
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Epistemic enhancement, pastism, and fossil anomalies in paleontology and ichnology
This paper presents explication on how paleontologists reconstruct the past using fossils when good modern analogues are not available. I call these pastist...
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Diet of Mesozoic toothed birds (Longipterygidae) inferred from quantitative analysis of extant avian diet proxies
BackgroundBirds are key indicator species in extant ecosystems, and thus we would expect extinct birds to provide insights into the nature of ancient...
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Small body size is associated with increased evolutionary lability of wing skeleton proportions in birds
Birds are represented by 11,000 species and a great variety of body masses. Modular organisation of trait evolution across birds has facilitated...
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The colourful optical appearance of centric diatom fossil frustules with diagenetic nanocrystalline calcite fill
Biophotonic nanostructures rarely withstand fossilization processes occurring after burial over geologic time. Even more distinctive is a change...
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Replacing Fossil Fuels
To maintain a technological civilization, humanity requires energy. We cannot, however, continue to obtain the majority of that energy by burning...