A new pterosaur from the early stage of the Jehol biota in China, with a study on the relative thickness of bone walls. [PDF]
Heliyon, 2023 Jiang S +4 more
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Middle ear innovation in Early Cretaceous eutherian mammals. [PDF]
Nat Commun, 2023 Wang H, Wang Y.
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Leaf venation network evolution across clades and scales [PDF]
Leaf venation architecture varies greatly among living and fossil plants. However, we still have a limited understanding of when, why and in which clades new architectures arose and how they impacted leaf functioning.
Antonio, Monica +32 more
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Dinosaur micro-remains from the Middle Jurassic of Britain [PDF]
In the Middle Jurassic, Great Britain was situated at ~30° north in an area of shallow seas with surrounding low-lying landmasses. Fluctuations in relative sea level resulted in emergent areas preserving snapshots of the terrestrial fauna in ...
Wills, Simon
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A new mammal from the Lower Cretaceous Jehol Biota and implications for eutherian evolution. [PDF]
Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci, 2022 Wang HB, Hoffmann S, Wang DC, Wang YQ.
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A diverse Paleoproterozoic microbial ecosystem implies early eukaryogenesis [PDF]
peer reviewedMicrobial interactions may lead to major events in life and planetary evolution, such as eukaryogenesis, the birth of complex nucleated cells.
Javaux, Emmanuelle
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Comparative microstructural study on the teeth of Mesozoic birds and non-avian dinosaurs. [PDF]
R Soc Open Sci, 2023 Wang Y +11 more
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Scientific and Artistic Representations in avian evolution [PDF]
This essay explores the relationship between artistic and scientific perspectives in the depiction of birds' formal organization. It highlights how both fields converge in fundamental questions that shape the identity of avian organisms.
Buscalioni, Angela D.
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Sinomacrops bondei, a new anurognathid pterosaur from the Jurassic of China and comments on the group. [PDF]
PeerJ, 2021 Wei X +6 more
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Synthetic analysis of trophic diversity and evolution in Enantiornithes with new insights from Bohaiornithidae [PDF]
Enantiornithines were the dominant birds of the Mesozoic, but understanding of their diet is still tenuous. We introduce new data on the enantiornithine family Bohaiornithidae, famous for their large size and powerfully built teeth and claws.
Bright, Jen A. +4 more
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