Bādā 2019-nen 8 Tsuki-gō Zetsumetsu Chōrui Jiten [Birder August 2019 Special Issue: Extinct Bird Encyclopedia]

About this book

Based on the latest palaeontological knowledge, this special issue of the Japanese magazine Birder contains an encyclopedia of extinct birds.

● History of birds
Which organis was the ancestor of the birds and did the dinosaurs go extinct. From the Mesozoic to the Cenozoic, this issue explains the reasons for the prosperity, decline, and extinction by considering groups and representative species that symbolize each region.

● Extinct Birds Encyclopedia
There was a great bird diversity in the past. From the genus Diatryma (now known as Gastornis), the giant raptors Argentavis, to Dodo – from fossil species to birds that disappeared after the birth of mankind!

● Extinct Japanese birds
Why did Kumuritsukushigamo and Ogasawarashima have disappeared?

● Extinct Birds “Observation” Guide
This section provides a virtual museum guide where you can see the best collections of fossil specimens.

Summary in Japanese:
最新の古生物学知見を基に、太古の鳥類の姿を「復元」する。
特集「絶滅鳥類事典」

●サクッと学ぶ鳥類史
始祖鳥は「鳥類の祖」だったのか?恐鳥類はなぜ滅んだのか?
中生代〜新生代まで、各地質年代を象徴する系統や代表種をとりあげて、繁栄・衰退・滅亡の理由を解説。

●絶滅鳥類図鑑
過去にはこんなスゴい鳥がいた!
恐鳥ディアトリマや超巨大猛禽類アルゲンタヴィスからドードーまで、化石種から人類誕生後に滅んだ鳥まで一挙に登場!

●絶滅した日本の鳥たち
カンムリツクシガモやオガサワラマシコは、なぜ姿を消してしまったのだろうか?
●絶滅鳥類「観察」ガイド
すでにこの世にはいない鳥たちと出会える場所は博物館だ。
世界中から選りすぐった、化石から標本まで、至極のコレクションが見学できる博物館ガイド。

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