Cranial evolution in the extinct Rodrigues Island owl Otus murivorus (Strigidae), associated with unexpected ecological adaptations

Island birds that were victims of anthropic extinctions were often more specialist species, having evolved their most distinctive features in isolation, making the study of fossil insular birds most interesting. Here we studied a fossil cranium of the ‘giant’ extinct scops owl Otus murivorus from Ro...

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Autores principales: Duhamel, Anaïs, Hume, Julian P., Guenser, Pauline, Salaviale, Céline, Louchart, Antoine
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7441405/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32820225
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-69868-1

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7441405/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32820225
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-69868-1

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