When did theropods become feathered? - Evidence for pre-archaeopteryx feathery appendages

Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B: Molecular and Developmental Evolution

Volumn 302, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 355-364

  Kundrát, Martin ^a  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOPTERYX; DINOSAURIA; THEROPODA;

EID: 4344706312     PISSN: 0022104X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jez.b.20014     Document Type: Article

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