Sustained miniaturization and anatomical innovation in the dinosaurian ancestors of birds

Science

Volumn 345, Issue 6196, 2014, Pages 562-566

  Lee, Michael S Y ^a,b   Cau, Andrea ^c,d   Naish, Darren ^e   Dyke, Gareth J ^e,f  

^a SOUTH AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c Museo Geologico e Paleontologico Giovanni Capellini   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; ANCESTRY; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; BIRD; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FOSSIL RECORD; INNOVATION; PALEONTOLOGY;

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; BIRD; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; DINOSAUR; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; EVOLUTIONARY RATE; FOSSIL; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ANIMAL; BAYES THEOREM; EVOLUTION; HISTOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BIRDS; BODY SIZE; DINOSAURS;

EID: 84905907971     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1252243     Document Type: Article

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