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Osteohistological analysis of Vegavis iaai
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| Date: | 2017-07-14 11:05:04 |
| Blog: | Letters from Gondwana  |
| URL: | https://paleonerdish.wordpress.com/2017/07/14/osteohistological-analysis-of-vegavis-iaai/ |
Summary:
The earliest diversification of extant birds (Neornithes) occurred during the Cretaceous period. Today, with more than 10500 living species, birds are the most species-rich class of tetrapod vertebrates. Vegavis iaai is the first unquestionable neornithine bird from the Cretaceous and is known by the holotype and specimen MACN-PV 19.748. The holotype specimen MLP 93-I-3-1 (Museo de La Plata, Argentina) from Vega Island, western […]Content analysis:
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