Why ornithologists should care about the theropod origin of birds

Auk

Volumn 119, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 1-17

  Prum, Richard O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRD; EVOLUTION;

AVES; THEROPODA;

EID: 0036122645     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4090007     Document Type: Review

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