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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Auteurs principaux: Xiaoting Zheng, Jingmai K O'Connor, Fritz Huchzermeyer, Xiaoli Wang, Yan Wang, Xiaomei Zhang, Zhonghe Zhou
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Langue:EN
Publié: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014
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Accès en ligne:https://doaj.org/article/77759b070f9d497d94520b45bf54603f
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