A precocial avian embryo from the Lower Cretaceous of China

Science

Volumn 306, Issue 5696, 2004, Pages 653-

  Zhou, Zhonghe ^a   Zhang, Fucheng ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY AND PALEOANTHROPOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRD; CRETACEOUS; DINOSAUR; EMBRYO;

ARTICLE; CHINA; CRETACEOUS; EMBRYO; FOSSIL; FOWL; NONHUMAN; PALEONTOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; CHINA; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; FEATHERS; FOSSILS; WING;

ASIA; CHINA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; WORLD;

AVES; DINOSAURIA; GALLIFORMES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 19644365785     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1100000     Document Type: Article

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8. We thank X. Wang and D. Miao for help. Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (grant no. 40121202) and Special Funds for Major State Basic Research Projects of China (grant no. TG2000077700).