Loading...

Rates of dinosaur limb evolution provide evidence for exceptional radiation in Mesozoic birds

Birds are the most diverse living tetrapod group and are a model of large-scale adaptive radiation. Neontological studies suggest a radiation within the avian crown group, long after the origin of flight. However, deep time patterns of bird evolution remain obscure because only limited fossil data h...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Benson, Roger B. J., Choiniere, Jonah N.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: The Royal Society 2013
Subjects:
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3757991/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23945695
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2013.1780
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!