Proceedings Of The Third Annual Fossils Of Arizona Symposium November 18 1995

Author : Society of Avian Paleontology and Evolution. Symposium
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Total Pages : 336 pages
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Download or read book Proceedings of the 5th Symposium of the Society of Avian Paleontology and Evolution written by Society of Avian Paleontology and Evolution. Symposium and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A new Teratorn (Aves: Teratornithidae) from the Upper Pleistocene of Oregon, USA / Kenneth E. Campbell Jr. and Alison T. StengerAn overview of the genus Athene in the Pleistocene of the Mediterranean islands, with the description of Athene trinacriae n. sp. (Aves: Strigidae) / Marco Pavia and Cécile Mourer-ChauviréNeogene avifauna of Bulgaria / Zlatozar N. BoevPhylogeny of the Tertiary giant anhingas (Pelecaniformes: Anhingidae) from South America / Jorge I. Noriega and Herculano M.F. AlvarengaAdditional material of Macranhinga paranensis (Aves: Pelecaniformes: Anhingidae) from the Upper Miocene Ituzaingó Formation of Entre Rios Province, Argentina / Jorge I. NoriegaA preliminary report on the diversity and stratigraphic distribution of the Plotopteridae (Pelecaniformes) in Paleogene rocks of Washington State, USA / James L. Goedert and John CornishAvian remains from the Middle Eocene of the Geiseltal (Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany) / Gerald MayrRevision of the Cathartidae (Aves: Ciconiiformes) from the Middle Eocene to the Upper Oligocene phosphorites du Quercy, France / Ceìcile Mourer-ChauviréNew interpretations of the birds from the Navesink and Hornerstown formations, New Jersey, USA (Aves: Neornithes) / David C. Parris and Sylvia HopeThe morphology and systematics of Polarornis, a Cretaceous loon (Aves: Gaviidae) from Antarctica / Sankar ChatterjeeThe significance of early Cretaceous bird tracks / Jong-Deock Lim [and others]New information on the hesperornithiform radiation / Larry D. Martin and Jong-Deock LimOviraptorosaurs compared to birds / Junchang Lü [and others]The evolution of avian cranial kinesis / Walter J. BockThe pelvis in early birds and dinosaurs / Virginia L. Naples, Larry D. Martin and John SimmonsBiology of basal birds and the origin of avian flight / Andrzej ElzanowskiThe aerodynamically streamlined body shape of birds : implications for the evolution of birds, feathers, and avian flight / Dominique G. HombergerWing loading in primitive birds / Joseì L. Sanz [and others]The evidence for the timing of speciation of modern continental birds and the taxonomic ambiguity of the Quaternary fossil record / John R. StewartAvian species turnover and species longevity in the Pleistocene of the Palearctic / Tommy TyrbergPalaeogeographical implications concerning early history of chosen groups of birds / Zygmunt Bochenìski and Zbigniew M. BochenskiAre Confuciusornis and Archaefructus Jurassic fossils? / Zhiwei GuEarly Cretaceous maars, depositional environments and their relationship to the fossil preservation in Sihetun, Liaoning, northeast China / Tungsheng Liu, Jiaqi Liu and Guoqiang Chu.