Flying Dinosaurs
The discovery of the first feathered dinosaur in China in 1996 sent shockwaves through the world of palaeontology. Were the feathers part of a complex mating ritual? A stepping-stone in the evolution of flight? And just how closely related is T. Rex to a chicken? In Flying Dinosaurs award-winning journalist John Pickrell reveals how dinosaurs developed flight and became the birds in our backyards. He delves into the latest discoveries in China, the US, Europe and Australia and goes beyond the science to uncover a thriving black market in fossils, infighting between ego-driven dinosaur hunters, and the controversial plan to use a chicken to bring dinosaurs back from the dead.
Foreword, by Philip Currie
Preface
Introduction: A whole new world
Before we begin
1. The missing link
2. A feathered revolution begins
3. The dinosaur hunters
4. From dinosaur to bird
5. Fake fossils
6. The evolution of feathers
7. The struggle to the skies
8. Sex for T. rex
9. Colouring in the dinosaurs
10. Back from the dead
11. The survival game
Relationships of the theropod dinosaurs
An A–Z of feathered dinosaurs
References
Glossary
Select bibliography
Acknowledgments
Index
John Pickrell is an award-winning science writer and the editor of Australian Geographic magazine. He has worked in London, Washington, D.C., and Sydney for numerous publications, including New Scientist, Science, Science News, and Cosmos. He has been a finalist for the Australian Museum’s Eureka Prizes three times, has won an Earth Journalism Award, and has been featured in the 2011 and 2014 editions of The Best Australian Science Writing.
| Pm Supplier | Wiley & Sons Ltd |
|---|---|
| Pm Publisher | Columbia University Press |
| Pm Isbn 10 | 0231171781 |
| Pm Isbn 13 | 9780231171786 |
| Pm Publication Date | 2017-03-21 |
| Pm Width | 159 |
| Pm Height | 13 |
| Pm Author | Pickrell,John, Currie,Philip J |
| Pm Longness | 235 |
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- Dinosaurs didn’t die out when an asteroid hit Earth 66 million years ago. Get ready to unthink what you thought you knew and journey into the deep, dark depths of the Jurassic.
- Key Info: 16 plates with colour photos and colour & b/w illustrations; b/w illustrations
- Author: Pickrell,John, Currie,Philip J
- Page Count: 215
- Publication Date: 2017-03-21
Flying Dinosaurs
- How Fearsome Reptiles Became Birds
- Dinosaurs didn’t die out when an asteroid hit Earth 66 million years ago. Get ready to unthink what you thought you knew and journey into the deep, dark depths of the Jurassic.
- Key Info: 16 plates with colour photos and colour & b/w illustrations; b/w illustrations
- Author: Pickrell,John, Currie,Philip J
- Page Count: 215
- Publication Date: 2017-03-21
