Extreme convergence in the body plans of an early suchian (Archosauria) and ornithomimid dinosaurs (Theropoda)

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 273, Issue 1590, 2006, Pages 1045-1048

  Nesbitt, Sterling J ^a,b   Norell, Mark A ^a  

^a DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

^b Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Archosaur; Convergent evolution; Effigia; Shuvosaurus; Suchian; Triassic

Indexed keywords

BIRD; CONVERGENT EVOLUTION; DINOSAUR; MESOZOIC; MORPHOLOGY; NEW SPECIES; REPTILE; SKELETON; TRIASSIC;

ARCHOSAURIA; ARTICLE; CONVERGENT EVOLUTION; DINOSAUR; MESOZOIC; NONHUMAN; PALEONTOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THEROPODA; VERTEBRATE; ADAPTATION; ALLIGATOR; ANIMAL; BIRD; BONE; CLASSIFICATION; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL; HISTOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; SKULL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPINE;

ARCHOSAURIA; AVES; CROCODYLIDAE (ALL CROCODILES); DINOSAURIA; ORNITHOMIMIDAE; THEROPODA; VERTEBRATA;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ALLIGATORS AND CROCODILES; ANIMALS; BIRDS; BONE AND BONES; DINOSAURS; EVOLUTION; FOSSILS; PALEONTOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; SKULL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPINE;

EID: 33746672086     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2005.3426     Document Type: Article

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