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Additional preparation of a specimen found a century ago permits complete reconstruction of the skull of the Cretaceous bird Hesperornis. This skull provides new evidence on the evolution of the avian palate and the origin of avian cranial kinesis, and further substantiates the evolution of birds from theropod dinosaurs.
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GINGERICH, P. Skull of Hesperornis and Early Evolution of Birds. Nature 243, 70–73 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1038/243070a0
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