Definitive fossil evidence for the extant avian radiation in the Cretaceous

2005/01/20 by Julia A. Clarke, Claudia P. Tambussi, Jorge I. Noriega +2 · 50 citations
Earth and Planetary Sciences · Environmental Science · #Evolution and Paleontology Studies #Ichthyology and Marine Biology #Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology

paper · doi:10.1038/nature03150

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