Cellular preservation of musculoskeletal specializations in the Cretaceous bird Confuciusornis

Birds have a more crouched posture compared to their theropod dinosaur ancestors. Here, Jiang and colleagues describe a lower hindlimb of the Early Cretaceous birdConfuciusorniswith soft tissues apparently preserved even as molecules, indicating a somewhat more modern posture in ancient birds.

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Auteurs principaux:	Baoyu Jiang, Tao Zhao, Sophie Regnault, Nicholas P. Edwards, Simon C. Kohn, Zhiheng Li, Roy A. Wogelius, Michael J. Benton, John R. Hutchinson
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:7193f33b2a9d4e0f94e1ae7f849e67332021-12-02T17:06:28ZCellular preservation of musculoskeletal specializations in the Cretaceous bird Confuciusornis10.1038/ncomms147792041-1723https://doaj.org/article/7193f33b2a9d4e0f94e1ae7f849e67332017-03-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms14779https://doaj.org/toc/2041-1723Birds have a more crouched posture compared to their theropod dinosaur ancestors. Here, Jiang and colleagues describe a lower hindlimb of the Early Cretaceous birdConfuciusorniswith soft tissues apparently preserved even as molecules, indicating a somewhat more modern posture in ancient birds.Baoyu JiangTao ZhaoSophie RegnaultNicholas P. EdwardsSimon C. KohnZhiheng LiRoy A. WogeliusMichael J. BentonJohn R. HutchinsonNature PortfolioarticleScienceQENNature Communications, Vol 8, Iss 1, Pp 1-10 (2017)
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spellingShingle	Science Q Baoyu Jiang Tao Zhao Sophie Regnault Nicholas P. Edwards Simon C. Kohn Zhiheng Li Roy A. Wogelius Michael J. Benton John R. Hutchinson Cellular preservation of musculoskeletal specializations in the Cretaceous bird Confuciusornis
description	Birds have a more crouched posture compared to their theropod dinosaur ancestors. Here, Jiang and colleagues describe a lower hindlimb of the Early Cretaceous birdConfuciusorniswith soft tissues apparently preserved even as molecules, indicating a somewhat more modern posture in ancient birds.
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author	Baoyu Jiang Tao Zhao Sophie Regnault Nicholas P. Edwards Simon C. Kohn Zhiheng Li Roy A. Wogelius Michael J. Benton John R. Hutchinson
author_facet	Baoyu Jiang Tao Zhao Sophie Regnault Nicholas P. Edwards Simon C. Kohn Zhiheng Li Roy A. Wogelius Michael J. Benton John R. Hutchinson
author_sort	Baoyu Jiang
title	Cellular preservation of musculoskeletal specializations in the Cretaceous bird Confuciusornis
title_short	Cellular preservation of musculoskeletal specializations in the Cretaceous bird Confuciusornis
title_full	Cellular preservation of musculoskeletal specializations in the Cretaceous bird Confuciusornis
title_fullStr	Cellular preservation of musculoskeletal specializations in the Cretaceous bird Confuciusornis
title_full_unstemmed	Cellular preservation of musculoskeletal specializations in the Cretaceous bird Confuciusornis
title_sort	cellular preservation of musculoskeletal specializations in the cretaceous bird confuciusornis
publisher	Nature Portfolio
publishDate	2017
url	https://doaj.org/article/7193f33b2a9d4e0f94e1ae7f849e6733
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Cellular preservation of musculoskeletal specializations in the Cretaceous bird Confuciusornis

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