New evidence of feathers in the Crato Formation supporting a reappraisal on the presence of Aves

Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 197-201

  Sayão, Juliana M ^a   Saraiva, Antonio A F ^b   Uejima, Angelica M K ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^b REGIONAL UNIVERSITY OF CARIRI   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Araripe basin; Crato formation; Cretaceous; Feathers; The ropod

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD; BRAZIL; DINOSAUR; EVOLUTION; FEATHER; FOSSIL; PALEONTOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BIRDS; BRAZIL; DINOSAURS; FEATHERS; FOSSILS; PALEONTOLOGY;

ANIMALIA; AVES; TYRANNOSAUROIDEA;

EID: 79953194474     PISSN: 00013765     EISSN: 16782690     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0001-37652011000100010     Document Type: Article

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