Extreme Ontogenetic Changes in a Ceratosaurian Theropod

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• 作者：Shuo Wang¹ ; ² ; ⁷ ; ^{uslarky@163.com} ; Josef Stiegler³ ; Romain Amiot⁴ ; Xu Wang⁵ ; Guo-hao Du⁶ ; James M. Clark³ ; Xing Xu² ; ^{xu.xing@ivpp.ac.cn}
• 关键词：Jurassic ; theropod dinosaur ; ontogenetic edentulism ; phylogeny ; ontogeny ; dietary change
• 刊名：Current Biology
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：9 January 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：27
• 期：1
• 页码：144-148
• 全文大小：1558 K
• 卷排序：27

文摘

Wang et al. report 78 ontogenetically variable features of the theropod Limusaurus Limusaurus is the only known reptile to lose its teeth and form a beak after birth The available data are important for understanding the evolution of the avian beak The ontogenetically variable features have little effect on its phylogenetic position