• DOI:10.1126/science.1252243
Corpus ID: 37866029

Sustained miniaturization and anatomical innovation in the dinosaurian ancestors of birds

@article{Lee2014SustainedMA,
  title={Sustained miniaturization and anatomical innovation in the dinosaurian ancestors of birds},
  author={M. Lee and A. Cau and D. Naish and G. Dyke},
  journal={Science},
  year={2014},
  volume={345},
  pages={562 - 566}
}

M. Lee, A. Cau, +1 author G. Dyke

Published 2014

Biology, Medicine

Science

Turning large dinosaurs into small birds Most paleontologists agree that birds are descended from dinosaurs. How did such large terrestrial or aquatic animals evolve into small feathered fliers? Lee et al. used two large databases of theropod morphology to explore possible evolutionary patterns that may have driven this dramatic transformation (see the Perspective by Benton). They found no clear pattern of miniaturization across the entire clade of Theropoda. However, several lines of evidence… CONTINUE READING

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