The evolution of feathers : from their origin to the present

1. Introduction to the morphology, development, and ecology of feathers.- 2. Molecular and cellular mechanisms of feather development provide a basis for diverse evolution of feather forms.- 3. The origin of birds: current consensus, controversy, and the occurrence of feathers.- 4. Integumentary structures in Kulindadromeus zabaikalicus, a basal neornithischian dinosaur from the Jurassic of Siberia.- 5. Filamentous integuments in non-avialan theropods and their kin: advances and future perspectives for understanding the evolution of feathers.- 6. Two of a feather: A comparison of the preserved integument in the juvenile theropod dinosaurs Sciurumimus and Juravenator from the Kimmeridgian Torleite Formation of southern Germany.- 7. Feather evolution in Pennaraptora.- 8. The feathers of the Jurassic Urvogel Archaeopteryx.- 9. The plumage of basal birds.- 10. A morphological review of the enigmatic elongated tail feathers of stem birds.- 11. Review on color patterns of fossil feathers.- 12. On the ancestry of feathers in Mesozoic dinosaurs.