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Cretaceous Antarctic bird skull elucidates early avian ecological diversity.

Christopher R Torres, Julia A Clarke, Joseph R Groenke, Matthew C Lamanna, Ross D E MacPhee, Grace M Musser, Eric M Roberts, Patrick M O'Connor

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Article in Nature, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Christopher R TorresHeritage College of Osteopathic Medicine, Ohio University, Athens, OH, USA. ctorres2@pacific.edu.ORCID 0000-0002-7013-0762
Julia A ClarkeJackson School of Geosciences, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA. julia_clarke@jsg.utexas.edu.ORCID 0000-0003-2218-2637
Joseph R GroenkeHeritage College of Osteopathic Medicine, Ohio University, Athens, OH, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-9527-1887
Matthew C LamannaSection of Vertebrate Paleontology, Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-9845-0728
Ross D E MacPheeDepartment of Mammalogy, Division of Vertebrate Zoology, American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY, USA.
Grace M MusserJackson School of Geosciences, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-9476-5757
Eric M RobertsCollege of Science and Engineering, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-8583-7437
Patrick M O'ConnorHeritage College of Osteopathic Medicine, Ohio University, Athens, OH, USA. oconnorp@ohio.edu.ORCID 0000-0002-6762-3806

Funding

US National Science Foundation
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Fossils representing Cretaceous lineages of crown clade birds (Aves) are exceptionally rare but are crucial to elucidating major ecological shifts across early avian divergences. Among the earliest known putative crown birds is Vegavis iaai

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BiodiversityBirdsFossilsSkullAnimalsAntarctic RegionsBeakBiological EvolutionBrainFeeding BehaviorPhylogeny

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PMID39910387

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