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Birds have paedomorphic dinosaur skulls

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  • Bhart-Anjan S. Bhullar

    (Harvard University, 16 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA)

  • Jesús Marugán-Lobón

    (Unidad de Paleontología, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid)

  • Fernando Racimo

    (Harvard University, 16 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA)

  • Gabe S. Bever

    (New York College of Osteopathic Medicine of New York Institute of Technology)

  • Timothy B. Rowe

    (Jackson School of Geosciences, The University of Texas at Austin, 1 University Station C1100)

  • Mark A. Norell

    (American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West at 79th Street, New York, New York 10024-5192, USA)

  • Arhat Abzhanov

    (Harvard University, 16 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA)

Abstract

The bird skull arose from the nonavian dinosaur skull by several episodes of paedomorphosis, in which descendants resemble the juveniles of their ancestors, according to a study of shape change during dinosaur ontogeny and phylogeny.

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  • Bhart-Anjan S. Bhullar & Jesús Marugán-Lobón & Fernando Racimo & Gabe S. Bever & Timothy B. Rowe & Mark A. Norell & Arhat Abzhanov, 2012. "Birds have paedomorphic dinosaur skulls," Nature, Nature, vol. 487(7406), pages 223-226, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:487:y:2012:i:7406:d:10.1038_nature11146
    DOI: 10.1038/nature11146
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    1. Soichiro Kawabe & Seiji Matsuda & Naoki Tsunekawa & Hideki Endo, 2015. "Ontogenetic Shape Change in the Chicken Brain: Implications for Paleontology," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 10(6), pages 1-16, June.
    2. Logan King & Qi Zhao & David L. Dufeau & Soichiro Kawabe & Lawrence Witmer & Chang-Fu Zhou & Emily J. Rayfield & Michael J. Benton & Akinobu Watanabe, 2024. "Endocranial development in non-avian dinosaurs reveals an ontogenetic brain trajectory distinct from extant archosaurs," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 15(1), pages 1-10, December.
    3. Alice E. Maher & Gustavo Burin & Philip G. Cox & Thomas W. Maddox & Susannah C. R. Maidment & Natalie Cooper & Emma R. Schachner & Karl T. Bates, 2022. "Body size, shape and ecology in tetrapods," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 13(1), pages 1-16, December.

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