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A pre-Archaeopteryx troodontid theropod from China with long feathers on the metatarsus

A pre-Archaeopteryx troodontid theropod from China with long feathers on the metatarsus

https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_67674228

A pre-Archaeopteryx troodontid theropod from China with long feathers on the metatarsus

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Full title

A pre-Archaeopteryx troodontid theropod from China with long feathers on the metatarsus

Publisher

London: Nature Publishing Group UK

Journal title

Nature (London), 2009-10, Vol.461 (7264), p.640-643

Language

English

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Publisher

London: Nature Publishing Group UK

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Contents

Anchiornis huxleyi
: strictly for the troodontids
The troodontids and dromaeosaurs are the dinosaur groups most closely related to birds.
Anchiornis huxleyi
from the Jurassic of China was thought to have been a stem-group bird — on the way to accumulating bird-like traits but retaining significant characteristics from earlier forebears....

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A pre-Archaeopteryx troodontid theropod from China with long feathers on the metatarsus

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Record Identifier

TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_67674228

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_67674228

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ISSN

0028-0836

E-ISSN

1476-4687

DOI

10.1038/nature08322

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