Orbit size and estimated eye size in dinosaurs and other archosaurs and their implications for the evolution of visual capabilities [PDF]
Vision is one of the most important senses for animals, allowing them to interact with their environment and with further implications for evolutionary histories.
Aston, Rune F. +23 more
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Taxonomic identification bias does not drive patterns of abundance and diversity in theropod dinosaurs. [PDF]
Biol Lett, 2021 Cashmore DD, Butler RJ, Maidment SCR.
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Enlargement of sternum traits facilitated the evolution of powered flight in birds [PDF]
An enlarged sternum with a prominent keel is a central feature of the flight apparatus of modern birds. However, sterna of near-bird dinosaurs (Pennaraptora) and early avialans are either substantially different from those of living birds or absent ...
Benson, Roger +5 more
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Reinterpretation of purported molting evidence in the Thermopolis Archaeopteryx. [PDF]
Commun Biol, 2021 Kiat Y, Pyle P, Balaban A, O'Connor JK.
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Preserved soft anatomy confirms shoulder-powered upstroke of early theropod flyers, reveals enhanced early pygostylian upstroke, and explains early sternum loss. [PDF]
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 2022 Pittman M +5 more
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, 2009 Il s'agit de proposer une réflexion sur les imperfections du recours au contrat dans la loi n° 2002-2 du 2 janvier 2002 rénovant l'action sociale et médico-sociale, illustrée par divers exemples concrets. Les critiques imputables au contrat de séjour et au contrat pluriannuel d'objectifs et de moyens (CPOM) sont ici identifiées comme le symptôme des ...
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Shrinking dinosaurs and the evolution of endothermy in birds. [PDF]
Sci Adv, 2020 Rezende EL +3 more
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The evolution of nest site use and nest architecture in modern birds and their ancestors. [PDF]
Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci, 2023 Mainwaring MC +5 more
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