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The earliest evidence for a supraorbital salt gland in dinosaurs in new Early Cretaceous ornithurines
Supraorbital fossae occur when salt glands are well developed, a condition most pronounced in marine and desert-dwelling taxa in which salt regulation is key. Here, we report the first specimens from lacustrine environments of the Jehol Biota that preserve a distinct fossa above the orbit, where the...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group UK
2018
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5838252/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29507398 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-22412-8 |