Rates of dinosaur limb evolution provide evidence for exceptional radiation in Mesozoic birds

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• Publication year

  2013

• Venue

  Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

• Publication date

  2013-10-07

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine

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  DOI 10.1098/rspb.2013.1780PMID 23945695PMCID PMC3757991
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