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Reanalysis of putative ovarian follicles suggests that Early Cretaceous birds were feeding not breeding

We address the identity of putative ovarian follicles in Early Cretaceous bird fossils from the Jehol Biota (China), whose identification has previously been challenged. For the first time, we present a link to the botanical fossil record, showing that the “follicles” of some enantiornithine fossils...

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Autores principales: Mayr, Gerald, Kaye, Thomas G., Pittman, Michael, Saitta, Evan T., Pott, Christian
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/PMC7643104/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33149245
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-76078-2