Bone tissue histology of the Early Cretaceous bird Yanornis: evidence for a diphyletic origin of modern avian growth strategies within Ornithuromorpha

Wang, JY; Hao, XZ; Kundrat, M; Liu, ZP; Uesugi, K; Jurasekova, Z; Guo, B; Hoshino, M; Li, YQ; Monfroy, Q; Zhou, B; Fabriciova, G; Kang, A; Wang, M; Si, YH; Gao, J; Xu, G; Li, Z

Kundrat, M (reprint author), Univ Pavol Jozef Safarik, Ctr Interdisciplinary Biosci, Technol & Innovat Pk, Kosice, Slovakia.

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Abstract

We present the first description of the bone microstructure of the ornithuromorph bird Yanornis from the Early Cretaceous Jehol ornithofauna. Yanornis......

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