RETRACTED ARTICLE: Tiny bird fossil might be the world’s smallest dinosaur

Roger B. J. Benson ()

Nature, 2020, vol. 579, issue 7798, 199-200

Abstract: A tiny skull trapped in 99-million-year-old amber suggests that some of the earliest birds evolved to become miniature. The fossil illustrates how ancient amber can act as a window into the distant past.

Keywords: Palaeontology; Evolution (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1038/d41586-020-00576-6

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