Glorified Dinosaurs: The Origin and Early Evolution of Birds

It is within the last few years that it has been established beyond doubt that birds evolved from dinosaurs, with an unparalleled rate of discoveries of early birds and their dinosaurian predecessors from all over the world. Glorified Dinosaurs provides a summary of these discoveries and a discussion of how modern birds evolved from fearsome meat-eating dinosaurs akin to the celebrated Velociraptor. This full-colour, large format book is lavishly illustrated in the style of previous award-winning showcases of palaeontology from UNSW Press, including The Rise of Fishes, Dinosaurs of Australia and New Zealand, and Prehistoric Mammals of Australia and New Guinea: 100 Million Years of Evolution.