Vertebrate Animals: Birds
This text discusses the characteristics of birds, the evolution of birds, and the evolution of flight in birds.
Topics
- Acanthostega
- Actinopterygii
- allantois
- amnion
- amniote
- Amphibia
- ampulla of Lorenzini
- anapsid
- anthropoid
- Anura
- apocrine gland
- Apoda
- Archaeopteryx
- archosaur
- Australopithecus
- brachiation
- brumation
- caecilian
- Casineria
- Catarrhini
- Cephalochordata
- Chondrichthyes
- Chordata
- chorion
- contour feather
- Craniata
- cranium
- Crocodilia
- cutaneous respiration
- dentary
- diapsid
- diphyodont
- dorsal hollow nerve cord
- down feather
- eccrine gland
- Enantiornithes
- eutherian mammal
- flight feather
- frog
- furcula
- gnathostome
- Gorilla
- hagfish
- heterodont tooth
- hominin
- hominoid
- Homo
- Homo sapiens sapiens
- Hylobatidae
- Hylonomus
- lamprey
- lancelet
- lateral line
- lepidosaur
- mammal
- mammary gland
- marsupial
- monotreme
- Myxini
- Neognathae
- Neornithes
- notochord
- Ornithorhynchidae
- Osteichthyes
- ostracoderm
- Paleognathae
- Pan
- Petromyzontidae
- pharyngeal slit
- Platyrrhini
- Plesiadapis
- pneumatic bone
- Pongo
- post-anal tail
- primary feather
- Primates
- prognathic jaw
- prosimian
- salamander
- Sarcopterygii
- sauropsid
- sebaceous gland
- secondary feather
- Sphenodontia
- Squamata
- stereoscopic vision
- swim bladder
- synapsid
- Tachyglossidae
- tadpole
- temporal fenestra
- Testudines
- tetrapod
- theropod
- tunicate
- Urochordata
- Urodela
- vertebral column
- Vertebrata
- bird
- bird evolution
- neornith
- therapod
- vertebrate
- vertebrates
- veterinarian