title: Evolution: a rapid flight towards birds.
abstract: Remarkable feathered dinosaur fossils have blurred the lines between early birds and their non-avian dinosaur relatives. Rapid skeletal evolution and decreasing body size along one particular lineage of theropod dinosaurs paved the way for the spectacular radiation of birds.
authors.affiliation: Bruce Museum, 1 Museum Drive, Greenwich, CT 06830, USA. Electronic address: dksepka@brucemuseum.org.
authors.forename: Daniel T
authors.initials: DT
authors.lastname: Ksepka
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001717:Birds / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000235:genetics*; D025061:Dinosaurs / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000235:genetics*; D010802:Phylogeny