Dental Disparity Saved Birds From K-Pg Extinction Event

Dental Disparity Saved Birds From K-Pg Extinction Event

Press Releases
New Royal Tyrrell Museum research investigates the pace of the dinosaur extinction, and why birds may have survived
https://royaltyrrellmuseum.wordpress.com/2016/04/21/new-royal-tyrrell-museum-research-investigates-the-pace-of-the-dinosaur-extinction-and-why-birds-may-have-survived/


Bird-like Dinosaurs with Teeth Died Off Abruptly, Beaked Birds Survived. Philip J. Currie Dinosaur Museum
https://dinomuseum.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Larson-2016-Bird-Dinosaur-Press-Release-PJCDM.pdf


Journal Reference:

Larson, D.W., Brown, C.M., and Evans, D.C. 2016. Dental disparity and ecological stability in bird-like dinosaurs prior to the end- Cretaceous mass extinction. Current Biology 26, 1–9.
http://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(16)30249-4
http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=323286

Paper:
http://www.cell.com/current-biology/pdfExtended/S0960-9822(16)30249-4
Additional data:
http://www.cell.com/cms/attachment/2054006054/2060445977/mmc1.pdf

Yours,

Paul H.