Paleogene Fossil Birds
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Berlin, Heidelberg :
Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer,
2009.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2009. |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-89628-9 |
Table of Contents:
- Stratigraphy and major fossil localities
- Higher-level phylogeny of extant birds
- Mesozoic Neornithes
- Palaeognathous birds
- Galloanseres
- Aquatic and semiaquatic taxa
- Charadriiformes (shorebirds and allies)
- "Core-Gruiformes" (Rails, Cranes, and Allies)
- Phoenicopteriformes (flamingos) and Podicipediformes (grebes)
- Columbiformes (doves and sandgrouse), Cuculiformes (cuckoos), and other neoavian taxa of uncertain affinities
- "Caprimulgiformes" and Apodiformes (Nightjars and Allies, Swifts, and Hummingbirds)
- Cariamae (seriemas and allies)
- "Falconiformes" (Diurnal Birds of Prey)
- Strigiformes (owls)
- Arboreal birds
- Paleogene avifaunas â€" synopsis of general aspects.