Chiappe, Luis M. <br/><br/>
Glorified dinosaurs :  the origin and early evolution of birds / 
Luis M. Chiappe. 
 - Hoboken, NJ :  John Wiley,  2007. 
 - ix, 263 p. :  ill. (some col.), col. maps ;  29 cm. 
<br/><br/> Fakulti Perubatan Veterinar. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 252-255) and index. 
<br/><br/>Mesozoic birds and their world -- The ancestry of birds and the origin of flight -- The bizarre Mononykus and its kin : an evolutionary experiment -- Archaeopteryx : the earliest bird -- Rahonavis and other long-tailed birds -- The first short-tailed birds -- The great Mesozoic radiation : the flying Enantiornithes -- Early predecessors of modern birds -- Hesperornis and its relatives : divers of the cretaceous seas -- The beginnings of modern birds. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0471247235 9780471247234 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Birds, Fossil.<br/>Birds--Evolution.<br/>Paleontology--Mesozoic.