An Early Cretaceous bird from Spain and its implications for the evolution of avian flight

1996/08/01 by J. L. Sanz, José L. Sanz, Luis M. Chiappe +8 · 17 citations
Earth and Planetary Sciences · Environmental Science · #Evolution and Paleontology Studies #Ichthyology and Marine Biology #Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology

paper · doi:10.1038/382442a0

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