Literature and web links

Literature

Bennu DAN (2004) The evolution of birds: An overview of the avian tree of life. Lab Animal 33: 42-48

Benton MJ (2005) Vertebrate Palaeontology. 3rd ed. Oxford: Blackwell Publishing

Dyke GJ, Van Tuinen M (2004) The evolutionary radiation of modern birds (Neornithes): reconciling molecules, morphology and the fossil record. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 141: 153-177

Feduccia A (1996) The Origin and Evolution of Birds. New Haven: Yale University Press

Padian K, Chiappe LM (1998) The origin and early evolution of birds. Biological Reviews 73: 1-42

Swinton WE (1975) Fossil Birds. 3rd ed. London: Trutees of the British Museum (Natural History)

Web links

http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Aves.html

http://en.wikipedia.org

http://people.eku.edu/ritchisong/skeleton.html

http://www.birds.cornell.edu/

Author: Robert Davis
Last updated: 21/11/05

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