A Jurassic avialan dinosaur from China resolves the early phylogenetic history of birds

2013/05/28 by Pascal Godefroit, Andrea Cau, Hu Dong-Yu +6 · 21 citations
Earth and Planetary Sciences · Environmental Science · #Evolution and Paleontology Studies #Ichthyology and Marine Biology #Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology

paper · doi:10.1038/nature12168

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• Archaeopteryx [wikipedia]
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