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ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2026

Shouldering the challenge of deciphering avian palate evolution.

Juan Benito, Pei-Chen Kuo, Christopher R Torres, Guillermo Navalón, Olivia Plateau, Alexander D Clark, Elizabeth M Steell, Daniel J Field

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Article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 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

The trial behind it

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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

3 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Article
  2. Reply to Benito et al.: Problems in the Cretaceous evolution of the avian palatobasal joint.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Juan BenitoDepartment of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 3EQ, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0003-4497-2058
Pei-Chen KuoNegaunee Integrative Research Center, Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, IL 60605.ORCID 0000-0002-5344-6634
Christopher R TorresDepartment of Biological Sciences, University of the Pacific, Stockton, CA 95211.ORCID 0000-0002-7013-0762
Guillermo NavalónDepartment of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 3EQ, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0002-2447-1275
Olivia PlateauThe Institute of Ecology and Evolution, University of Bern, Bern 63012, Switzerland.
Alexander D ClarkNegaunee Integrative Research Center, Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, IL 60605.ORCID 0000-0003-4310-3408
Elizabeth M SteellDepartment of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 3EQ, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0002-3999-3500
Daniel J FieldDepartment of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 3EQ, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0002-1786-0352

Funding

Swiss NSF Return CH Postdoc.Mobility P5R5PN_230653UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) Future Leaders Fellowship MR/X015130/1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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PMID41481437
PMCPMC12773698

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