Late Cretaceous neornithine from Europe illuminates the origins of crown birds

2020/03/18 by Daniel J. Field, Juan Benito, Albert Chen +3 · 6 citations
Earth and Planetary Sciences · Environmental Science · #Evolution and Paleontology Studies #Ichthyology and Marine Biology #Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology

paper · doi:10.1038/s41586-020-2096-0

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