Nuclear preservation in the cartilage of the Jehol dinosaur Caudipteryx

Xiaoting Zheng; Alida M. Bailleul; Zhiheng Li; Xiaoli Wang; Zhonghe Zhou

doi:10.1038/s42003-021-02627-8

Communications Biology (Sep 2021)

Nuclear preservation in the cartilage of the Jehol dinosaur Caudipteryx

Xiaoting Zheng,
Alida M. Bailleul,
Zhiheng Li,
Xiaoli Wang,
Zhonghe Zhou

Affiliations

Xiaoting Zheng: Institute of Geology and Paleontology, Linyi University
Alida M. Bailleul: Key Laboratory of Vertebrate Evolution and Human Origins, Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology
Zhiheng Li: Key Laboratory of Vertebrate Evolution and Human Origins, Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology
Xiaoli Wang: Institute of Geology and Paleontology, Linyi University
Zhonghe Zhou: Key Laboratory of Vertebrate Evolution and Human Origins, Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-021-02627-8
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 4, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Zheng et al. report on the presence of nuclear preservation in the femoral cartilage of a specimen of Caudipteryx, a theropod dinosaur. They identify the presence of chromatin threads for only the second time in any vertebrate fossil.

Published in Communications Biology

ISSN: 2399-3642 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science: Biology (General)
Website: https://www.nature.com/commsbio/

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