Decelerated dinosaur skull evolution with the origin of birds.

The evolutionary radiation of birds has produced incredible morphological variation, including a huge range of skull form and function. Investigating how this variation arose with respect to non-avian dinosaurs is key to understanding how birds achieved their remarkable success after the Cretaceous-...

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Main Authors: Ryan N Felice, Akinobu Watanabe, Andrew R Cuff, Michael Hanson, Bhart-Anjan S Bhullar, Emily R Rayfield, Lawrence M Witmer, Mark A Norell, Anjali Goswami
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-08-01
Series:PLoS Biology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3000801