A new juvenile specimen of sapeornis (pygostylia: Aves) from the lower cretaceous of northeast china and allometric scaling of this basal bird

Paleontological Research

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 27-38

  Pu, Hanyong ^a   Chang, Huali ^a   Lü, Junchang ^b   Wu, Yanhua ^a   Xu, Li ^a   Zhang, Jiming ^a   Jia, Songhai ^a  

^a Henan Geological Museum   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

allometric scaling; China; juvenile; Lower Cretaceous; Sapeornis chaoyangensis

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; ANATOMY; BIRD; CRETACEOUS; FOSSIL RECORD; JUVENILE; ONTOGENY; SPECIMEN BANK;

CHINA;

AVES; SAPEORNIS; SAPEORNIS CHAOYANGENSIS;

EID: 84876724924     PISSN: 13428144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2517/1342-8144-17.1.27     Document Type: Article

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