Cretaceous bird with dinosaur skull sheds light on avian cranial evolution

In addition to major innovations in their locomotor system, early birds evolved highly derived skulls. Here, Wang et al. three dimensionally reconstruct the skull of a new enantiornithine bird from the Early Cretaceous that illustrates the early avialan transitions in skull morphology and function.

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Main Authors: Min Wang, Thomas A. Stidham, Zhiheng Li, Xing Xu, Zhonghe Zhou
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: Nature Portfolio 2021
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/843fedaa97c341e7a0730ccad82f78c6
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