A diminutive perinate European Enantiornithes reveals an asynchronous ossification pattern in early birds
Fossil juvenile Mesozoic birds are exceedingly rare and can provide important insight into the early evolution of avian development. Here, Knoll et al. describe one of the smallest known Mesozoic avians, which indicates a clade-wide asynchronous pattern of osteogenesis and great variation in basal b...
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| Main Authors: |
Fabien Knoll,
Luis M. Chiappe,
Sophie Sanchez,
Russell J. Garwood,
Nicholas P. Edwards,
Roy A. Wogelius,
William I. Sellers,
Phillip L. Manning,
Francisco Ortega,
Francisco J. Serrano,
Jesús Marugán-Lobón,
Elena Cuesta,
Fernando Escaso,
Jose Luis Sanz |
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| Format: | Article
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| Language: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group
2018-03-01
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| Series: | Nature Communications
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-03295-9
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