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Published on: February 18, 2021
Response to: Phylogenetic placement, developmental trajectories and evolutionary implications of a feathered dinosaur
Lida Xing1, Ryan C McKellar2, Xing Xu3
1State Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology, China University of Geosciences, Beijing 100083, China; School of the Earth Sciences and Resources, China University of Geosciences, Beijing, 100083, China.
Abstract:
In his correspondence, Markus Lambertz [1] raises some concerns about the phylogenetic placement and feather development of DIP-V-15103, the amber-entombed tail section that we recently reported [2] as fragmentary remains of a non-pygostylian coelurosaur (likely within the basal part of Coelurosauria). We here would like to respond to these concerns.
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