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Unique caudal plumage of Jeholornis and complex tail evolution in early birds

The Early Cretaceous bird Jeholornis was previously only known to have a distally restricted ornamental frond of tail feathers. We describe a previously unrecognized fan-shaped tract of feathers situated dorsal to the proximal caudal vertebrae. The position and morphology of these feathers is remini...

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Main Authors: O’Connor, Jingmai, Wang, Xiaoli, Sullivan, Corwin, Zheng, Xiaoting, Tubaro, Pablo, Zhang, Xiaomei, Zhou, Zhonghe
Formato: Artigo
Idioma:Inglês
Publicado em: National Academy of Sciences 2013
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Acesso em linha:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3808668/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24101506
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1316979110
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