Food remains in Confuciusornis sanctus suggest a fish diet

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 93, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 444-446

  Dalsatt J ^a,b   Zhou, Z ^c   Zhang, F ^c   Ericson, P G P ^b  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

^c INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY AND PALEOANTHROPOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRD; DIETARY SHIFT; FISH; FOSSIL RECORD;

ARTICLE; BIRD; CHINA; CONFUCIUSORNIS; CRETACEOUS; DIET; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; FISH; FOSSIL; NONHUMAN; PREDATION;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; BIRDS; BONE AND BONES; CHINA; DIET; FISHES; FOSSILS;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

AVES; CONFUCIUSORNIS; CONFUCIUSORNIS SANCTUS;

EID: 33747088310     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-006-0125-y     Document Type: Article

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