Mosaic evolution in an asymmetrically feathered troodontid dinosaur with transitional features

Autor: Xing Xu, Philip Currie, Michael Pittman, Lida Xing, Qingjin Meng, Junchang Lü, Dongyu Hu, Congyu Yu
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2017
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Zdroj: Nature Communications, Vol 8, Iss 1, Pp 1-12 (2017)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2041-1723
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms14972
Popis: Troodontids were theropod dinosaurs closely related to birds. Here, Xu and colleagues describe a new, feathered troodontid species,Jianianhualong tengi, dating from the Lower Cretaceous period in China that provides insight into troodontid mosaic evolution and paravian feathering.
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