进化：向鸟类的快速演化

Evolution: a rapid flight towards birds.

作者信息

Ksepka Daniel T

机构信息

Bruce Museum, 1 Museum Drive, Greenwich, CT 06830, USA.

出版信息

Curr Biol. 2014 Nov 3;24(21):R1052-5. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2014.09.018.

DOI:10.1016/j.cub.2014.09.018

PMID:25517372

Abstract

Remarkable feathered dinosaur fossils have blurred the lines between early birds and their non-avian dinosaur relatives. Rapid skeletal evolution and decreasing body size along one particular lineage of theropod dinosaurs paved the way for the spectacular radiation of birds.

摘要

引人注目的有羽毛恐龙化石模糊了早期鸟类与其非鸟类恐龙近亲之间的界限。兽脚亚目恐龙的一个特定谱系的快速骨骼进化和体型减小为鸟类的惊人辐射铺平了道路。