The Completeness of the Fossil Record of Mesozoic Birds: Implications for Early Avian Evolution

Many palaeobiological analyses have concluded that modern birds (Neornithes) radiated no earlier than the Maastrichtian, whereas molecular clock studies have argued for a much earlier origination. Here, we assess the quality of the fossil record of Mesozoic avian species, using a recently proposed c...

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Autores principales: Brocklehurst, Neil, Upchurch, Paul, Mannion, Philip D., O'Connor, Jingmai
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2012
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3382576/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22761723
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0039056

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3382576/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22761723
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0039056

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