When Dinosaurs Conquered the Skies: The incredible story of bird evolution

Author:   Jingmai O'Connor ,  Maria Brzozowska
Publisher:   Quarto Publishing PLC
Volume:   4
ISBN:  

9780711275157


Pages:   64
Publication Date:   01 November 2022
Recommended Age:   From 8 to 12 years
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Jingmai O'Connor ,  Maria Brzozowska
Publisher:   Quarto Publishing PLC
Imprint:   words & pictures
Volume:   4
Dimensions:   Width: 21.00cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 29.50cm
Weight:   0.558kg
ISBN:  

9780711275157


ISBN 10:   0711275157
Pages:   64
Publication Date:   01 November 2022
Recommended Age:   From 8 to 12 years
Audience:   Children/juvenile ,  Children / Juvenile
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Available To Order   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Fascinating Birds Fossils and Geological Time First Fossils: A Discovery of Dinosaurs The Dinosaur Family Tree Young Darwin Darwin’s Big Idea Where are the Fossil Birds? Archaeopteryx Feathered Dinosaurs from China How Feathers Evolved Dinosaurs in Color First Wings The Incredible Jehol Biota Rulers of the Cretaceous Skies Other Flying Dinosaurs Creatures of Las Hoyas Birds from Changma What Did the First Birds Eat? Baby Birds A Tale of Tails The Evolution of Flight Birds Grow Fast! Bird Mummies Birds of the Late Cretaceous The Rise of Modern Birds Mass Extinctions The Evolution of Today’s Birds The Birds that Didn’t Make It Birds Today The Sixth Mass Extinction Index  

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""Step back in time to discover how dinosaurs evolved into the birds we know today and learn how changes in ancient species led to wings, tail feathers, flight and many other adaptations seen in modern avian creatures. Part of the Incredible Evolution series.""--The Bookseller


"""Step back in time to discover how dinosaurs evolved into the birds we know today and learn how changes in ancient species led to wings, tail feathers, flight and many other adaptations seen in modern avian creatures. Part of the Incredible Evolution series.""--The Bookseller"


Step back in time to discover how dinosaurs evolved into the birds we know today and learn how changes in ancient species led to wings, tail feathers, flight and many other adaptations seen in modern avian creatures. Part of the Incredible Evolution series. --The Bookseller


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Jingmai O’Connor is the Associate Curator of Fossil Reptiles at The Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago. Jingmai grew up in Pasadena, CA. She is first generation Chinese and second generation Irish. Jingmai’s research explores the repeated evolution (and parallel refinement) of flight in the Dinosauria, the dinosaur-bird transition, and the biology of stem-avians, not through any one aspect but exploring Paraves through the evolution of feathers and complex plumages, aerodynamics, reproduction, respiration, trophics, systematics, ontogeny, and taxonomy. Taking advantage of the exceptional soft tissue preservation of the Jehol Biota, Jingmai seeks to go beyond skeletal anatomy, to understand the biology of stem birds and their closest relatives and trace the evolution of modern avian features. Maria Brzozowska was born in 1992 in Poland but spent most of her childhood growing up in Turkey. In 2010 she graduated from Leeds Arts University with a BA in Visual Communication. In 2016 she completed her MFA in Media and Design. She is a visual storyteller who enjoys taking a poetic approach to her art creating new, unknown lands. She uses traditional painting techniques aided by digital methods. She also works with children’s storybook publishers and loves illustrating magical and poetic stories.

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