Published December 1, 2022
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Fig. 4 in A non-avian dinosaur with a streamlined body exhibits potential adaptations for swimming
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- 1. School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea.
- 2. Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.
- 3. Institute of Paleontology, Mongolian Academy of Sciences, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.
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Fig. 4 Body plan of Natovenator polydontus (MPC-D 102/114, holotype) and dorsal rib morphology of various diving birds and terrestrial taxa. a Dorsal series of Natovenator in ventral view. b Reconstruction of dorsal vertebrae and ribs of Natovenator in left lateral view. c Skeletal reconstruction of Natovenator with missing parts in dark grey. d–i Dorsal rib morphology of Natovenator (d), diving birds (e–i), common ostrich (j), and Shri devi, a likely terrestrial dromaeosaurid from the Baruungoyot Formation (k) in ventral view (not to scale). l Reconstruction of the fourth dorsal vertebra with corresponding ribs in anterior view. d2 second dorsal vertebra, r2 second dorsal rib, r3 third dorsal rib, r4 fourth dorsal rib.
Notes
Published as part of Lee, Sungjin, Lee, Yuong-Nam, Currie, Philip J., Sissons, Robin, Park, Jin-Young, Kim, Su-Hwan, Barsbold, Rinchen & Tsogtbaatar, Khishigjav, 2022, A non-avian dinosaur with a streamlined body exhibits potential adaptations for swimming, pp. 1-9 in Communications Biology 5 (1) on page 5, DOI: 10.1038/s42003-022-04119-9, http://zenodo.org/record/7390392
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