A bizarre Early Cretaceous enantiornithine bird with unique crural feathers and an ornithuromorph plough-shaped pygostyle
Although now extinct, Enantiornithes was the most diverse group of birds in the Mesozoic. Here, Wang and colleagues describe a new species of enantiornithine bird from 131 million years ago with features that suggest extensive diversification had occurred in the enantiornithines by this time.
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| Auteurs principaux: | Min Wang, Jingmai K O’Connor, Yanhong Pan, Zhonghe Zhou |
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| Format: | article |
| Langue: | EN |
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Nature Portfolio
2017
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| Accès en ligne: | https://doaj.org/article/b2ac3a5e2eb5459db90b5e0d7c969bee |
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