Authors: Juan Benito and Roc Olive
Birds are today’s most diverse tetrapod group, but they have a rich and complex evolutionary history that extends far beyond their modern radiation.
Appearing during the Jurassic more than 160 million years ago, they took to the skies and evolved into myriad forms.
This comprehensive and up-to-date illustrated field guide covers the staggering diversity of avialans—modern birds and their closest fossil relatives—that lived from the origin of the group until the mass extinction that ended the reign of the nonavian dinosaurs 66 million years ago.
