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The most complete enantiornithine from North America and a phylogenetic analysis of the Avisauridae

Reconstruction of a living Mirarce eatoni

November 13, 2018

The most complete enantiornithine from North America and a phylogenetic analysis of the Avisauridae

A 75 million year old bird skeleton from a threatened national monument in Utah represents the most complete skeleton ever found in North America for a long extinct group of birds called enantiornithines. This large, fossilized bird provides important new insight into the evolution of flight. It has several advanced adaptations for flying, which show that the Enantiornithes evolved these features separately from living birds.

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November 22, 2018
A needle in a haystack: Mesozoic origin of parasitism in Strepsiptera revealed by first definite Cretaceous primary larva (Insecta)
2 citations
134 downloads
718 views
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entomology
paleontology
taxonomy
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5943 PubMed 30498634
November 7, 2018
Wild bees of Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument: richness, abundance, and spatio-temporal beta-diversity
1 citation
375 downloads
1,986 views
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biogeography
conservation-biology
ecology
entomology
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5867 PubMed 30425889
November 13, 2018
MTBseq: a comprehensive pipeline for whole genome sequence analysis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex isolates
1 citation
146 downloads
574 views
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molecular-biology
infectious-diseases
public-health
population-biology
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5895 PubMed 30479891
November 6, 2018
Host anemone size as a determinant of social group size and structure in the orange clownfish (Amphiprion percula)
1 citation
68 downloads
342 views
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animal-behavior
ecology
marine-biology
environmental-impacts
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5841 PubMed 30416882
November 13, 2018
The most complete enantiornithine from North America and a phylogenetic analysis of the Avisauridae
1,038 downloads
3,998 views
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evolutionary-studies
paleontology
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5910 PubMed 30479894
November 2, 2018
Elaborate plumage patterning in a Cretaceous bird
647 downloads
2,116 views
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evolutionary-studies
paleontology
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5831 PubMed 30405969
November 12, 2018
Late Cretaceous sauropod tooth morphotypes may provide supporting evidence for faunal connections between North Africa and Southern Europe
390 downloads
1,255 views
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biodiversity
biogeography
paleontology
taxonomy
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5925 PubMed 30473934
November 14, 2018
Integration of phylogenomics and molecular modeling reveals lineage-specific diversification of toxins in scorpions
302 downloads
1,377 views
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bioinformatics
evolutionary-studies
genomics
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5902 PubMed 30479892
November 26, 2018
Braincase and endocranial anatomy of two thalattosuchian crocodylomorphs and their relevance in understanding their adaptations to the marine environment
286 downloads
1,019 views
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evolutionary-studies
paleontology
taxonomy
zoology
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5686 PubMed 30515353
November 1, 2018
Prionochelys matutina Zangerl, 1953 (Testudines: Pan-Cheloniidae) from the Late Cretaceous of the United States and the evolution of epithecal ossifications in marine turtles
254 downloads
853 views
evolutionary-studies
marine-biology
paleontology
taxonomy
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5876 PubMed 30402356
November 21, 2018
Seasonal and predator-prey effects on circadian activity of free-ranging mammals revealed by camera traps
212 downloads
1,224 views
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animal-behavior
ecology
zoology
population-biology
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5827 PubMed 30498626
November 12, 2018
Genetic evidence supports a distinct lineage of American crocodile (Crocodylus acutus) in the Greater Antilles
185 downloads
1,384 views
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evolutionary-studies
genetics
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5836 PubMed 30473930
November 6, 2018
Sociality genes are associated with human-directed social behaviour in golden and Labrador retriever dogs
180 downloads
1,770 views
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animal-behavior
genetics
zoology
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5889 PubMed 30416887
November 2, 2018
Home sick: impacts of migratory beekeeping on honey bee (Apis mellifera) pests, pathogens, and colony size
180 downloads
948 views
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agricultural-science
ecology
entomology
parasitology
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5812 PubMed 30405967
November 27, 2018
Postmortem transport in fossil and modern shelled cephalopods
174 downloads
984 views
paleontology
zoology
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5909 PubMed 30515355
November 21, 2018
Reproduction and metamorphosis in the Myristica Swamp tree frog, Mercurana myristicapalustris (Anura: Rhacophoridae)
171 downloads
525 views
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animal-behavior
conservation-biology
developmental-biology
ecology
zoology
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5934 PubMed 30498632
November 16, 2018
A new microvertebrate assemblage from the Mussentuchit Member, Cedar Mountain Formation: insights into the paleobiodiversity and paleobiogeography of early Late Cretaceous ecosystems in western North America
170 downloads
1,028 views
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biodiversity
biogeography
paleontology
taxonomy
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5883 PubMed 30479889
November 8, 2018
Amphibian life history in a temperate environment of the Mexican Plateau: dimorphism, phenology and trophic ecology of a hylid frog, Hyla eximia (=Dryophytes eximius)
165 downloads
360 views
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animal-behavior
biodiversity
ecology
ecohydrology
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5897 PubMed 30473932
November 6, 2018
Sexual dimorphism in the Arachnid orders
153 downloads
662 views
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animal-behavior
entomology
evolutionary-studies
zoology
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5751 PubMed 30416880
November 8, 2018
Histological analysis of post-eruption tooth wear adaptations, and ontogenetic changes in tooth implantation in the acrodontan squamate Pogona vitticeps
136 downloads
1,155 views
developmental-biology
zoology
histology
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5923 PubMed 30425900
November 20, 2018
Genetic and phenotypic differentiation of lumpfish (Cyclopterus lumpus) across the North Atlantic: implications for conservation and aquaculture
136 downloads
707 views
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aquaculture-fisheries-and-fish-science
genetics
natural-resource-management
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5974 PubMed 30498640
November 20, 2018
De novo annotation of the transcriptome of the Northern Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe)
112 downloads
633 views
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animal-behavior
bioinformatics
conservation-biology
genetics
genomics
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5860 PubMed 30498627
November 27, 2018
Differences in persistence between dogs and wolves in an unsolvable task in the absence of humans
110 downloads
925 views
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animal-behavior
ecology
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5944 PubMed 30515358
November 15, 2018
A taxonomic reassessment of Piramys auffenbergi, a neglected turtle from the late Miocene of Piram Island, Gujarat, India
109 downloads
420 views
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paleontology
taxonomy
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5938 PubMed 30479901
November 16, 2018
An emerging viral pathogen truncates population age structure in a European amphibian and may reduce population viability
108 downloads
881 views
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conservation-biology
ecology
zoology
freshwater-biology
population-biology
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5949 PubMed 30479902
The most complete enantiornithine from North America and a phylogenetic analysis of the Avisauridae

Reconstruction of a living Mirarce eatoni

November 13, 2018

The most complete enantiornithine from North America and a phylogenetic analysis of the Avisauridae

A 75 million year old bird skeleton from a threatened national monument in Utah represents the most complete skeleton ever found in North America for a long extinct group of birds called enantiornithines. This large, fossilized bird provides important new insight into the evolution of flight. It has several advanced adaptations for flying, which show that the Enantiornithes evolved these features separately from living birds.

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