New specimens of Yanornis indicate a piscivorous diet and modern alimentary canal.
A crop adapted for an herbivorous diet of seeds has previously been documented in the Early Cretaceous birds Sapeornis and Hongshanornis. Here we report on several specimens of Yanornis that preserve a crop containing fish. One specimen preserves two whole fish in the oesophagus, indicating that Ear...
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2014
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