Communications Biology (Jan 2023)

Deep reptilian evolutionary roots of a major avian respiratory adaptation

  • Yan-yin Wang,
  • Leon P. A. M. Claessens,
  • Corwin Sullivan

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-022-04301-z
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 6, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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A newly discovered osteological correlate for structures associated with ventilatory muscle attachment indicates a deep evolutionary history of respiratory innovation within Archosauria.