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Evolution: a rapid flight towards birds.

Daniel T Ksepka1.   

Abstract

Remarkable feathered dinosaur fossils have blurred the lines between early birds and their non-avian dinosaur relatives. Rapid skeletal evolution and decreasing body size along one particular lineage of theropod dinosaurs paved the way for the spectacular radiation of birds.
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Year:  2014        PMID: 25517372     DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2014.09.018

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Curr Biol        ISSN: 0960-9822            Impact factor:   10.834


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1.  Wing bone geometry reveals active flight in Archaeopteryx.

Authors:  Dennis F A E Voeten; Jorge Cubo; Emmanuel de Margerie; Martin Röper; Vincent Beyrand; Stanislav Bureš; Paul Tafforeau; Sophie Sanchez
Journal:  Nat Commun       Date:  2018-03-13       Impact factor: 14.919

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