Archaeopteryx

[damien]

Does anyone know of a book that has good charts and illustrations showing the stages of evolution from dinosaurs to archaeopteryx(to birds).

I already have a book called the origin and evolution of birds by Alan Feduccia-- but it doesnt have enough evolution charts in it.

Also, were terradactyls related to archaeopteryx? They must not have been related.

The book I have shows a chart that starts with a dromaeosaur (hand raptors?) then archeaoptreryx then to a bird. What came before the dromaeosaur?

The reason I want a chart is because I want to illustrate the evolution of birds from dinosaurs and would like at least 12 steps.

[mith]

12 steps? There might not be that many fossils in between, and we don't even know if birds are direct descendants.

[Dr.Stein]

I never heard about this 12 steps before ehe