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Feathered Dragons
The setting -- Osteology and Ichnology -- Eggs, nests, feathers, and flight.
The Jehol Biota
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Osteology of Deinonychus antirrhopus, an Unusual Theropod from the Lower Cretaceous of Montana
John H. Ostrom's expeditions to the Bighorn Basin of Wyoming and Montana in the 1960s resulted in discoveries and research that would change long-held concepts in paleontology. This fiftieth-anniversary edition of his now well-known description of the type specimen of Deinonychus antirrhopus revisits the work that redefined theropod dinosaurs as the intelligent, agile, and gregarious ancestors of modern birds and led in the late twentieth century to a renaissance in the study of dinosaurs and the evolution of flight.
Origins of the Higher Groups of Tetrapods
This edited volume explores the various views on the origins of tetrapods—amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals—views that agree or differ depending in part on how certain fossil animals are classified and which methodology is used for classification. Eighteen chapters by an international group of paleontologists and neontologists here present current hypotheses, emphasizing the kinds of data needed to answer controversial questions, as well as the variety of solutions that emerge from diferent analyses of the same data set. The book is arranged in five sections, each of which contains an overview essay that either describes the development of various schools of thought regarding the ...
The Rise of Birds
His compelling, occasionally controversial, revelations--accompanied by spectacular illustrations--are a must-read for anyone with a serious interest in the evolution of the feathered dinosaurs, from vertebrate paleontologists and ornithologists to naturalists and birders.
Avian Biology
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The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Pterosaurs
Recounts the story of the discovery and growth of scientific knowledge of prehistoric flying reptiles, describes the various species, and discusses their way of life, the reasons for their extinction, and how they compare to other flying vertebrates
