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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...
Autores principales: | Zheng, Xiaoting, Wang, Xiaoli, Sullivan, Corwin, Zhang, Xiaomei, Zhang, Fucheng, Wang, Yan, Li, Feng, Xu, Xing |
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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/PMC6155034/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30242170 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-32202-x |
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