Early adaptive radiation of birds: Evidence from fossils from northeastern China

Science

Volumn 274, Issue 5290, 1996, Pages 1164-1167

  Hou, Lianhai ^a   Martin, Larry D ^b   Zhou, Zhonghe ^a,b   Feduccia, Alan ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY AND PALEOANTHROPOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BIRD; CHINA; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; BIRD; CONFUCIUSORNIS; CRETACEOUS; EVOLUTION; JURASSIC;

CHINA;

EID: 0030437044     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.274.5290.1164     Document Type: Article

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