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The first pterosaur basihyal, shedding light on the evolution and function of pterosaur hyoid apparatuses

The pterosaur is the first known vertebrate clade to achieve powered flight. Its hyoid apparatus shows a simplification similar to that of birds, although samples of the apparatus are rare, limiting the ability to make an accurate determination. In this study we reveal a new pterosaur specimen, incl...

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Autores principales: Jiang, Shunxing, Li, Zhiheng, Cheng, Xin, Wang, Xiaolin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: PeerJ Inc. 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6951291/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31934505
http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8292