The birdlike raptor Sinornithosaurus was venomous

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 107, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 766-768

  Gong, Enpu ^a   Martin, Larry D ^b   Burnham, David A ^b   Falk, Amanda R ^b  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Dromaeosaur; Grooved fangs; Jehol; Venomous delivery system

Indexed keywords

VENOM;

ANIMAL ANATOMY; ARTICLE; CHINA; DENTITION; DROMAEOSAUR; FOWL; LOWER CRETACEOUS; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; POISONOUS ANIMAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAPTOR; SINORNITHOSAURUS; TAXON; TOOTH;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; CHINA; DENTITION; EVOLUTION; FOSSILS; MUSEUMS; PALEONTOLOGY; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; RAPTORS; SKULL; SNAKES; VENOMS;

AVES; RAPTORES; SINORNITHOSAURUS; SQUAMATA;

EID: 76249115301     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0912360107     Document Type: Article

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