Knowledge of the evolutionary history of birds has much improved in recent decades. Fossils from critical time periods are being described at unprecedented rates and modern phylogenetic analyses have provided a framework for the interrelationships of the extant groups. Avian Evolution: The Fossil Record of Birds and its Paleobiological Significance gives an overview of the avian fossil record and its paleobiological significance, and it is the only up-to-date textbook that covers both Mesozoic and more modern-type Cenozoic birds in some detail. 306 p.
Series: Topics in Paleobiology
- Gerald Mayr. German paleontologist; Curator of Ornithology. Senckenberg Research Institute in Frankfurt an Main, Hesse (Germany). He has published extensively on fossil birds, especially the Paleogene avifauna of Europe. He is an expert on the Eocene fauna of the Messel pit.
- Publication dates (electronic format): 2016-09.
