@article{cf8cbad89f46499099746d3c43179ac6,
title = "Specialized Craniofacial Anatomy of a Titanosaurian Embryo from Argentina",
abstract = "Kundr{\'a}t et al. report the first 3D preserved embryo representing a sauropod sauropodomorph. The analyses indicate an unusual monocerotic face and the early development of stereoscopic vision for a sauropod. It reveals significant heterochrony in prenatal cranial ossification when compared with non-sauropod sauropodomorphs.",
keywords = "Patagonia, Titanosauria, Upper Cretaceous, development, egg, embryo, evolution, skull, synchrotron microtomography",
author = "John Nudds and M. KUNDR{\'A}T and Coria, {Rodolfo Anibal} and Terry Manning and Daniel Snitting and Chiappe, {Luis M} and Per Ahlberg",
note = "Funding Information: We thank the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility for providing instruments and funding; P. Tafforeau for his important role for scanning of the specimen with assistance of M.K., data reconstruction, and processing; P. Se{\v c}kar for physical sectioning; J. Perran Ross for providing the embryos of Alligator mississippiensis; V. Rimbala for the embryo reconstruction under supervision of M.K.; P. Lythgoe and A. Bewsher for XRF analyses; J. Waters for XRD spectra; D. Green for mineralogical advice; and S. Abramowicsz for photographs used in Figures S1 and S4 . The authors thank all reviewers for constructive critique and valuable comments that helped to improve this publication. This work was funded by the Swedish Research Council via a Linnaeus Framework Grant “The Genomics of Phenotypic Diversity in Natural Populations,ˮ awarded to P.E.A., and by the Slovak Research and Development Agency under the contract no. APVV-18-0251 and Scientific Grant Agency VEGA of the Ministry of the Education, Science, Research and Sport of the Slovak Republic ( 1/0853/17 ) awarded to M.K. Funding Information: We thank the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility for providing instruments and funding; P. Tafforeau for his important role for scanning of the specimen with assistance of M.K. data reconstruction, and processing; P. Se?kar for physical sectioning; J. Perran Ross for providing the embryos of Alligator mississippiensis; V. Rimbala for the embryo reconstruction under supervision of M.K.; P. Lythgoe and A. Bewsher for XRF analyses; J. Waters for XRD spectra; D. Green for mineralogical advice; and S. Abramowicsz for photographs used in Figures S1 and S4. The authors thank all reviewers for constructive critique and valuable comments that helped to improve this publication. This work was funded by the Swedish Research Council via a Linnaeus Framework Grant ?The Genomics of Phenotypic Diversity in Natural Populations,? awarded to P.E.A. and by the Slovak Research and Development Agency under the contract no. APVV-18-0251 and Scientific Grant Agency VEGA of the Ministry of the Education, Science, Research and Sport of the Slovak Republic (1/0853/17) awarded to M.K. M.K. designed the research project; D.S. and M.K. prepared 3D models; T.W.M. prepared the specimen chemically; J.N. provided geochemical analysis data; M.K. wrote the manuscript with contributions by J.N. D.S. R.A.C. P.E.A. and L.M.C. The authors declare no competing interests. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2020 Elsevier Inc.",
year = "2020",
month = nov,
day = "2",
doi = "doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2020.07.091",
language = "English",
volume = "30",
pages = "4263--4269.e2",
journal = "Current biology ",
issn = "0960-9822",
publisher = "Cell Press",
number = "21",
}