Complete Ichthyornis skull illuminates mosaic assembly of the avian head

The skull of living birds is greatly modified from the condition found in their dinosaurian antecedents. Bird skulls have an enlarged, toothless premaxillary beak and an intricate kinetic system that includes a mobile palate and jaw suspensorium. The expanded avian neurocranium protects an enlarged...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Nature (London) 2018-05, Vol.557 (7703), p.96-100
Hauptverfasser:	Field, Daniel J., Hanson, Michael, Burnham, David, Wilson, Laura E., Super, Kristopher, Ehret, Dana, Ebersole, Jun A., Bhullar, Bhart-Anjan S.
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Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	631/181/414 631/181/757 Archaeopteryx Aves Birds Brain CAT scans Computed tomography Cretaceous Cretaceous period Evolutionary biology Feeding apparatus Fossils Humanities and Social Sciences Ichthyornis dispar Jurassic Jurassic period Letter multidisciplinary Muscles Museums Phylogenetics Phylogeny Physiological aspects Prehistoric birds Radiation Radiation (Physics) Science Science (multidisciplinary) Skull Structure Tomography
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