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Mosaic evolution in an asymmetrically feathered troodontid dinosaur with transitional features
- Source :
- Nature Communications, Vol 8, Iss 1, Pp 1-12 (2017)
- Publication Year :
- 2017
- Publisher :
- Nature Portfolio, 2017.
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Abstract
- Troodontids were theropod dinosaurs closely related to birds. Here, Xu and colleagues describe a new, feathered troodontid species,Jianianhualong tengi, dating from the Lower Cretaceous period in China that provides insight into troodontid mosaic evolution and paravian feathering.
- Subjects :
- Science
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- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 20411723
- Volume :
- 8
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Directory of Open Access Journals
- Journal :
- Nature Communications
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- edsdoj.b4da48aa7b964fcb8618a17f190eb73f
- Document Type :
- article
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms14972