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Mass survival of birds across the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary: molecular evidence
A Cooper et al. Science. 1997.
Abstract
The extent of terrestrial vertebrate extinctions at the end of the Cretaceous is poorly understood, and estimates have ranged from a mass extinction to limited extinctions of specific groups. Molecular and paleontological data demonstrate that modern bird orders started diverging in the Early Cretaceous; at least 22 avian lineages of modern birds cross the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary. Data for several other terrestrial vertebrate groups indicate a similar pattern of survival and, taken together, favor incremental changes during a Cretaceous diversification of birds and mammals rather than an explosive radiation in the Early Tertiary.
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Gibbons A. Gibbons A. Science. 1997 Feb 21;275(5303):1068. doi: 10.1126/science.275.5303.1068. Science. 1997. PMID: 9054008 No abstract available.
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