The origin and early evolution of birds

Biological Reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-42

  Padian, Kevin ^a   Chiappe, Luis M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bird evolution; Bird extinctions; Bird origins; Dinosauria; Flight evolution

Indexed keywords

BIRD; EVOLUTION; FEATHER; FLIGHT; FOOT; FORELIMB; FOSSIL; METACARPAL BONE; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SKELETON; SKULL; TREE;

ARCHAEOPTERYX; DEINONYCHUS;

EID: 0031887360     PISSN: 00063231     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0006323197005100     Document Type: Review

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