High rates of evolution preceded the origin of birds

Evolution

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1497-1510

  Puttick, Mark N ^a   Thomas, Gavin H ^b   Benton, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aves; Birds; Dinosaurs; Evolution; Flight; Morphology

Indexed keywords

AVES; COELUROSAURIA; DEINONYCHOSAURIA; DINOSAURIA; THEROPODA;

ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; BIRD; DINOSAUR; FLYING; FORELIMB; GENETICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; DINOSAURS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; FORELIMB; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84899906517     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: 15585646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/evo.12363     Document Type: Article

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