Morphology forms the most fundamental level of data in vertebrate palaeontology because it
is through interpretations of morphology that taxa are identified, creating the basis for broad …

Birds are some of the most diverse organisms on Earth, with species inhabiting a wide
variety of niches across every major biome. As such, birds are vital to our understanding of …

For 150 million years, the skies didn't belong to birds--they belonged to the pterosaurs.
These flying reptiles, which include the pterodactyls, shared the world with the nonavian …

The Society makes every effort to ensure that the scientific and production quality of its
books matches that of its journals. Since 1997, all book proposals have been refereed by …

In this complete and thorough update of Arthur Boucot's seminal work, Evolutionary
Paleobiology of Behavior and Coevolution, Boucot is joined by George Poinar, who …

The first edition of Evolution of Fossil Ecosystems was widely praised for its coverage and
approach in describing and illustrating 14 well-known fossil sites from around the world. The …

Birds are the most diverse group of living land vertebrates on the planet, yet the origin of the
clade is one of the most heated and longest debates in scientific history (Witmer, 2001 …

Burmese amber has recently provided some detailed glimpses of plumage, soft tissues, and
osteology of juvenile enantiornithine birds, but these insights have been restricted to …

Cretaceous rocks crop out extensively in the three main Alpine orogenic belts of Spain: the
Betic Cordillera, the Pyrenees and the Iberian Ranges. These rocks, deformed during …

Although direct associations that reveal diet are extremely rare in the fossil record, the rich
Lower Cretaceous Jehol Lagerstätte has produced dozens of specimens preserving …