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Mosaic evolution in an asymmetrically feathered troodontid dinosaur with transitional features

Asymmetrical feathers have been associated with flight capability but are also found in species that do not fly, and their appearance was a major event in feather evolution. Among non-avialan theropods, they are only known in microraptorine dromaeosaurids. Here we report a new troodontid, Jianianhua...

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Autores principales: Xu, Xing, Currie, Philip, Pittman, Michael, Xing, Lida, Meng, Qingjin, Lü, Junchang, Hu, Dongyu, Yu, Congyu
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5418581/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28463233
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ncomms14972