Evidence for avian intrathoracic air sacs in a new predatory dinosaur from Argentina

PLoS ONE

Volumn 3, Issue 9, 2008, Pages

  Sereno, Paul C ^a   Martinez, Ricardo N ^b   Wilson, Jeffrey A ^c   Varricchio, David J ^d   Alcober, Oscar A ^b   Larsson, Hans C E ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b Museo de Ciencias Naturales   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSTEON RIOCOLORADENSIS; AIR SAC; ANIMAL ANATOMY; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; DINOSAUR; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL ANIMAL; JURASSIC; LOCOMOTION; LUNG VENTILATION; NEW SPECIES; NONHUMAN; PALEONTOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; SKELETON; THERMOREGULATION; ANIMAL; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; BONE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FOSSIL; LUNG; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; THORAX; TIME;

AVES; DINOSAURIA; FURCULA; THEROPODA;

AIR SACS; ANIMALS; ARGENTINA; BONE AND BONES; DINOSAURS; EVOLUTION; FOSSILS; LUNG; MODELS, ANATOMIC; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; THORAX; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 53249144163     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003303     Document Type: Article

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