Alan Feduccia

Alan Feduccia

Avian Evolution, Paleobiology and Systematics

Telephone: (919) 962-3050

Fax: (919) 962-3690

Office: 304 Coker Hall

Mailing Address:
CB# 3280, Coker Hall
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599-3280

Professor (Emeritus)
Ph.D., University of Michigan (1969)
M.A., University of Michigan (1966)
B.S., Louisiana State University (1965)

Selected References

Research Interests

Evolutionary Biology
Vertebrate Evolution and Systematics
Avian Evolution and Paleontology
Conservation Biology

Synopsis

Alan Feduccia's research centers on the origin and early evolution of flight, feathers, and endothermy. He is also interested in the evolution of birds through the Tertiary, the origins of flightlessness and the evolution of other morphological specializations in the world avifauna, and avian systematics in general.