Branched integumental structures in Sinornithosaurus and the origin of feathers

Nature

Volumn 410, Issue 6825, 2001, Pages 200-204

  Xu, Xing ^a   Zhou, Zhong He ^a   Prum, Richard O ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY AND PALEOANTHROPOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FEATHER;

ARTICLE; BIRD; COMPARATIVE ANATOMY; EVOLUTION; FEATHER; FOSSIL; INTEGUMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPTILE;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; EVOLUTION; FEATHERS; FOSSILS; REPTILES;

ARCHAEOPTERYX; AVES; CAUDIPTERYX; DINOSAURIA; PALAEOGNATHAE; PROTARCHAEOPTERYX; REPTILIA; SINORNITHOSAURUS; SINORNITHOSAURUS MILLENII; THEROPODA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0035826235     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/35065589     Document Type: Article

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