Evolution of vision and hearing modalities in theropod dinosaurs
Resource type
Journal article
Creator (person)
Choiniere, Jonah N
Neenan, James M
Schmitz, Lars
Ford, David P
Chapelle, Kimberley E J
Balanoff, Amy M
Sipla, Justin S
Georgi, Justin A
Walsh, Stig
Norell, Mark A
Xu, Xing
Clark, James M
Benson, Roger B J
Date published
May 7, 2021
Abstract
Owls and nightbirds are nocturnal hunters of active prey that combine visual and hearing adaptations to overcome limits on sensory performance in low light. Such sensory innovations are unknown in nonavialan theropod dinosaurs and are poorly characterized
Journal title
Science
Volume
372
Issue
6542
Publisher
American Association for the Advancement of Science
Place of publication
Washington DC, USA
eISSN
1095-9203
Official URL
Rights statement
In Copyright