Dinosaurs with feathers
Subtitle: the ancestors of modern birds
By: by Caroline Arnold ; illustrated by Laurie Caple
Contributors: Caple, Laurie A., ill
Publisher: Clarion Books
Published: 2001
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 32
ISBN-13: 9780618003983
Subjects: Prehistoric animals; Fossil Birds; Juvenile literature; Dinosaurs
Description: Offers a look at the scientific research on the relationship between birds and dinosaurs according to past and present findings, including the recent discovery of a dinosaur with feathers.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 32) and index.
Table of contents: title: Birds in the Age of Dinosaurs -- 4; title: Buried in Limestone -- 6; title: Bird Fossils -- 8; title: Archaeopteryx--Half Bird, Half Reptile -- 11; title: The Ancestors of Birds -- 12; title: Theropod Dinosaurs -- 14; title: Wishbones -- 16; title: Wristbones -- 17; title: Dinosaurs with Feathers -- 18; title: The Amazing Chinese Fossils -- 20; title: Why Feathers? -- 22; title: Feathers for Flying -- 24; title: Beyond Skeletons -- 26; title: Fossil Birds of the Cretaceous -- 28; title: Today's Birds--Are They Dinosaurs in Disguise?-- 30.