Evidence for Avian Intrathoracic Air Sacs in a New Predatory Dinosaur from Argentina

BACKGROUND: Living birds possess a unique heterogeneous pulmonary system composed of a rigid, dorsally-anchored lung and several compliant air sacs that operate as bellows, driving inspired air through the lung. Evidence from the fossil record for the origin and evolution of this system is extremely...

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Autores principales: Sereno, Paul C., Martinez, Ricardo N., Wilson, Jeffrey A., Varricchio, David J., Alcober, Oscar A., Larsson, Hans C. E.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2008
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2553519/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18825273
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0003303

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2553519/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18825273
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0003303

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