A bony-crested Jurassic dinosaur with evidence of iridescent plumage highlights complexity in early paravian evolution
A number of paravian dinosaurs have been described from the Jurassic Yanliao biota, but these have tended to be morphologically similar to Archaeopteryx. Here, Hu. describe the new paravian dinosaur, Caihong juji gen. et sp. nov., which possesses a suite of unusual skeletal and feather characteristi...
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Autores principales: | Dongyu Hu, Julia A. Clarke, Chad M. Eliason, Rui Qiu, Quanguo Li, Matthew D. Shawkey, Cuilin Zhao, Liliana D’Alba, Jinkai Jiang, Xing Xu |
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Lenguaje: | EN |
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Nature Portfolio
2018
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Acceso en línea: | https://doaj.org/article/be3ec2b5783141a08e94839b4636c9f7 |
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