The ascendancy of dinosaurs on land near the close of the Triassic now appears to have
been as accidental and opportunistic as their demise and replacement by therian mammals …

Birds evolved from and are phylogenetically recognized as members of the theropod
dinosaurs; their first known member is the Late Jurassic Archaeopteryx, now represented by …

Vertebrate palaeontology is a lively field, with new discoveries reported every week... and
not only dinosaurs! This new edition reflects the international scope of vertebrate …

Although the dinosaurian hypothesis of bird origins is widely accepted, debate remains
about how the ancestor of birds first learned to fly. Here we provide new evidence …

Bird flight has always intrigued mankind. This book provides an up to date account of our
existing knowledge on the subject, as well as offering new insights and challenging some …

The extent of terrestrial vertebrate extinctions at the end of the Cretaceous is poorly
understood, and estimates have ranged from a mass extinction to limited extinctions of …

This new text provides an integrated view of the forces that influence the patterns and rates
of vertebrate evolution from the level of living populations and species to those that resulted …

A fossil enantiornithine bird, Protopteryx fengningensis gen. et sp. nov., was collected from
the Early Cretaceous Yixian Formation of Northern China. It provides fossil evidence of a …

This work serves as a compendium of anatomical resources upon which a companion
phylogenetic analysis of Aves and related Theropoda (Avialae) was based. Following a brief …

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 …