Phytolith evidence reveals the origin of angiosperm leaf eating habits among ancient Cretaceous birds

• Yan Wu,
• Zhiheng Li,
• Thomas A. Stidham,
• Swee Yeok Foong

Affiliations

Yan Wu

Key Laboratory of Vertebrate Evolution and Human Origins of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 142 Xi-zhi-men-wai Street, Beijing 100044, China; Corresponding author

Zhiheng Li

Key Laboratory of Vertebrate Evolution and Human Origins of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 142 Xi-zhi-men-wai Street, Beijing 100044, China; Corresponding author

Thomas A. Stidham

Key Laboratory of Vertebrate Evolution and Human Origins of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 142 Xi-zhi-men-wai Street, Beijing 100044, China

Swee Yeok Foong

School of Biological Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang 11960, Malaysia