Archaeopteryx-like skull in Enantiornithine bird

被引:24
作者
Martin, LD
Zhou, ZH
机构
[1] UNIV KANSAS,DEPT SYSTEMAT & ECOL,LAWRENCE,KS 66045
[2] CHINESE ACAD SCI,INST VERTEBRATE PALEONTOL & PALEOANTHROPOL,BEIJING 100044,PEOPLES R CHINA
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D O I
10.1038/39228
中图分类号
O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
学科分类号
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
The bird Cathayornis from the Early Cretaceous period gives the first evidence for a post-Jurassic survival of an Archaeopteryx -like skull in birds. This skull combines short, toothed premaxillaries, nasals meeting at the midline and submaxillary fossae in the antorbital fenestra.
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