Exceptional dinosaur fossils reveal early origin of avian-style digestion

Birds have a highly specialized and efficient digestive system, but when this system originated remains uncertain. Here we report six gastric pellets attributable to the recently discovered 160-million-year-old troodontid dinosaur Anchiornis, which is among the key taxa for understanding the transit...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Zheng, Xiaoting, Wang, Xiaoli, Sullivan, Corwin, Zhang, Xiaomei, Zhang, Fucheng, Wang, Yan, Li, Feng, Xu, Xing
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2018
Materias:
Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6155034/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30242170
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-32202-x

Internet

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6155034/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30242170
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-32202-x

Ejemplares similares