恐龙的进化. 在鸟类的恐龙祖先中持续的小型化和解剖学创新

Michael S Y Lee1, Andrea Cau2, Darren Naish3

  • 1Earth Sciences Section, South Australian Museum, North Terrace, Adelaide 5000, Australia. School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Adelaide 5005, Australia. mike.lee@samuseum.sa.gov.au.

Science (New York, N.Y.)
|August 2, 2014
PubMed
概括

鸟类从热足恐龙的进化涉及持续的小型化和快速的骨适应. 这种长期的缩小阶段促进了关键的鸟类特征,如增强的飞行和足形头骨.

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