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Fossil evidence of the avian vocal organ from the Mesozoic

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  • Julia A. Clarke

    (University of Texas at Austin)

  • Sankar Chatterjee

    (Museum of Texas Tech University)

  • Zhiheng Li

    (University of Texas at Austin
    Key Laboratory of Vertebrate Evolution and Human Origins, Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • Tobias Riede

    (Midwestern University)

  • Federico Agnolin

    (Conicet — Laboratorio de Anatomía Comparada y Evolución de los Vertebrados, Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales
    Fundación de Historia Natural “Félix de Azara”, Universidad Maimónides, Hidalgo 775)

  • Franz Goller

    (University of Utah)

  • Marcelo P. Isasi

    (Conicet — Laboratorio de Anatomía Comparada y Evolución de los Vertebrados, Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales)

  • Daniel R. Martinioni

    (Laboratorio de Geologia Andina, CADIC-Conicet)

  • Francisco J. Mussel

    (Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires)

  • Fernando E. Novas

    (Conicet — Laboratorio de Anatomía Comparada y Evolución de los Vertebrados, Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales)

Abstract

Birds make sound in the syrinx, a unique vocal organ situated deep in the chest, but little is known about the evolution of this structure; a fossilized Cretaceous age syrinx from Antarctica is described from a species that might have been capable of making a goose-like honking sound.

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  • Julia A. Clarke & Sankar Chatterjee & Zhiheng Li & Tobias Riede & Federico Agnolin & Franz Goller & Marcelo P. Isasi & Daniel R. Martinioni & Francisco J. Mussel & Fernando E. Novas, 2016. "Fossil evidence of the avian vocal organ from the Mesozoic," Nature, Nature, vol. 538(7626), pages 502-505, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:538:y:2016:i:7626:d:10.1038_nature19852
    DOI: 10.1038/nature19852
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    1. Gabriel Jorgewich-Cohen & Simon William Townsend & Linilson Rodrigues Padovese & Nicole Klein & Peter Praschag & Camila R. Ferrara & Stephan Ettmar & Sabrina Menezes & Arthur Pinatti Varani & Jaren Se, 2022. "Common evolutionary origin of acoustic communication in choanate vertebrates," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 13(1), pages 1-7, December.

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