Flying dinosaurs :how fearsome reptiles became birds
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xxiv, 215 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations )chiefly color( ; 25 cm
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"First published in Australia by NewSouth, an imprint of the University of New South Wales Press, Ltd."--Title page verso
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Includes bibliographical references )page 207( and index
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Foreword / by Philip Currie -- Introduction : a whole new world -- Before we begin -- The missing link -- A feathered revolution begins -- The dinosaur hunters -- From dinosaur to bird -- Fake fossils -- The evolution of feathers -- The struggle to the skies -- Sex for T. rex -- Colouring in the dinosaurs -- Back from the dead -- The survival game -- Relationships of the theropod dinosaurs -- An A-Z of feathered dinosaurs
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Evolution ، Saurischia
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Flight ، Dinosaurs
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Evolution ، Birds
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، Feathers, Fossil
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Evolution ، Feathers
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Evolution ، Dinosaurs
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History ، Paleontology - 12st century
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History ، Discoveries in science - 12st century
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Purchasing ، Dinosaurs
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Purchasing ، Reptiles, Fossil
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Collection and preservation Corrupt practices ، Dinosaurs
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Collection and preservation Corrupt practices ، Reptiles, Fossil