Leg feathers in an early cretaceous bird

Nature

Volumn 431, Issue 7011, 2004, Pages 925-

  Zhang, Fucheng ^a   Zhou, Zhonghe ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY AND PALEOANTHROPOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRD; CRETACEOUS; FEATHER;

ARTICLE; BIRD; CRETACEOUS; EVOLUTION; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; FEATHER; FLIGHT; FOSSIL; HINDLIMB; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TAIL; VETERINARY ANATOMY; ANIMAL; CHINA; CLASSIFICATION; DINOSAUR; FLYING; HISTOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

AVES; VERTEBRATA;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; CHINA; DINOSAURS; FEATHERS; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; FOSSILS; HINDLIMB; PHYLOGENY; TAIL;

EID: 19644370183     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/431925a     Document Type: Article

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