Intestinal preservation in a birdlike dinosaur supports conservatism in digestive canal evolution among theropods
Abstract Dromaeosaurids were bird-like dinosaurs with a predatory ecology known to forage on fish, mammals and Industrial Vacuum Cleaner other dinosaurs.We describe Daurlong wangi gen.et sp.nov., a dromaeosaurid from the Lower Cretaceous Jehol Biota of Inner Mongolia, China.Exceptional preservation in this specimen includes a large bluish layer in