Dinosaur ossification centres in embryonic birds uncover developmental evolution of the skull

Complete Ichthyornis skull illuminates mosaic assembly of the avian head

(2018) Daniel J. Field et al.   NATURE

The oldest Archaeopteryx (Theropoda: Avialiae): a new specimen from the Kimmeridgian/Tithonian boundary of Schamhaupten, Bavaria

(2018) Oliver W.M. Rauhut et al.   PeerJ

The skull roof tracks the brain during the evolution and development of reptiles including birds

(2017) Matteo Fabbri et al.   Nature Ecology & Evolution

A Comparative Morphological Study of the Jugal and Quadratojugal in Early Birds and Their Dinosaurian Relatives

(2016) Min Wang et al.   Anatomical Record-Advances in Integrative Anatomy and Evolutionary Biology

How to Make a Bird Skull: Major Transitions in the Evolution of the Avian Cranium, Paedomorphosis, and the Beak as a Surrogate Hand

(2016) Bhart-Anjan S. Bhullar et al.   INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY

Homology of the cranial vault in birds: new insights based on embryonic fate-mapping and character analysis

(2016) Hillary C. Maddin et al.   Royal Society Open Science

Hand/foot splitting and the ‘re-evolution’ of mesopodial skeletal elements during the evolution and radiation of chameleons

(2015) Raul E. Diaz et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Bird embryos uncover homology and evolution of the dinosaur ankle

(2015) Luis Ossa-Fuentes et al.   Nature Communications

A New Oviraptorid Dinosaur (Dinosauria: Oviraptorosauria) from the Late Cretaceous of Southern China and Its Paleobiogeographical Implications

(2015) Junchang Lü et al.   Scientific Reports

Cranial Osteology ofHaplocheirus sollersChoiniere et al., 2010 (Theropoda: Alvarezsauroidea)

(2014) Jonah N. Choiniere et al.   AMERICAN MUSEUM NOVITATES

Cranial anatomy ofErlikosaurus andrewsi(Dinosauria, Therizinosauria): new insights based on digital reconstruction

(2014) Stephan Lautenschlager et al.   JOURNAL OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY

New specimen of Archaeopteryx provides insights into the evolution of pennaceous feathers

(2014) Christian Foth et al.   NATURE

Evolutionary innovation and conservation in the embryonic derivation of the vertebrate skull

(2014) Nadine Piekarski et al.   Nature Communications

New observations on the skull of Archaeopteryx

(2013) Oliver W. M. Rauhut   Palaeontologische Zeitschrift

A Review of Dromaeosaurid Systematics and Paravian Phylogeny

(2012) Alan H. Turner et al.   BULLETIN OF THE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY

Birds have paedomorphic dinosaur skulls

(2012) Bhart-Anjan S. Bhullar et al.   NATURE

A Second Soundly Sleeping Dragon: New Anatomical Details of the Chinese Troodontid Mei long with Implications for Phylogeny and Taphonomy

(2012) Chunling Gao et al.   PLoS One

Paleontological and developmental evidence resolve the homology and dual embryonic origin of a mammalian skull bone, the interparietal

(2012) D. Koyabu et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

A revision of enantiornithine (Aves: Ornithothoraces) skull morphology

(2011) Jingmai K. O’Connor et al.   JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC PALAEONTOLOGY

Whole-mount bone and cartilage staining of chick embryos with minimal decalcification

(2010) Y Yamazaki et al.   BIOTECHNIC & HISTOCHEMISTRY

Assessing the phylogenetic utility of sequence heterochrony: evolution of avian ossification sequences as a case study

(2010) Erin E. Maxwell et al.   ZOOLOGY

The Perinate Skull of Byronosaurus (Troodontidae) with Observations on the Cranial Ontogeny of Paravian Theropods

(2009) Gabe S. Bever et al.   AMERICAN MUSEUM NOVITATES

A Complete Skeleton of a Late Triassic Saurischian and the Early Evolution of Dinosaurs

(2009) S. J. Nesbitt et al.   SCIENCE

Comparative ossification sequence and skeletal development of the postcranium of palaeognathous birds (Aves: Palaeognathae)

(2009) ERIN E. MAXWELL et al.   ZOOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY

Ossification sequence of the common tern (Sterna hirundo) and its implications for the interrelationships of the Lari (Aves, Charadriiformes)

(2008) Erin E. Maxwell et al.   JOURNAL OF MORPHOLOGY

Ossification sequence of the avian order anseriformes, with comparison to other precocial birds

(2008) Erin E. Maxwell   JOURNAL OF MORPHOLOGY

Comparative embryonic development of the skeleton of the domestic turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) and other galliform birds

(2008) Erin E. Maxwell   ZOOLOGY