| A primitive confuciusornithid bird from China and its implications for early avian flight | |
| Zhang FuCheng1,2; Zhou ZhongHe1; Benton, Michael J.2 | |
| 2008-05-01 | |
| 发表期刊 | SCIENCE IN CHINA SERIES D-EARTH SCIENCES
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| 卷号 | 51期号:5页码:625-639 |
| 文章类型 | Article |
| 摘要 | Confuciusornithids, lived from 120-125 million years ago, form a basal bird group and include the oldest birds with horny beaks. Here we describe Eoconfuciusornis zhengi, gen. et sp. nov. from the Early Cretaceous Dabeigou Formatio (131 Ma) in Fengning, Hebei Province, northern China. It represents a new and, more primitive than other known, member of this group and extends the lifespan of this family to 11 Ma, the longest of any known Early Cretaceous avian lineages. Furthermore, Eoconfuciusornis and its relatives present many osteological transformations, such as the size increase of the deltopectoral crest of the humerus and the keel of the sternum, apparently an adaptation toward improved flight in the evolution of the Confuciusornithidae. |
| 关键词 | Birds Early Cretaceous Confuciusornithids Flight |
| WOS标题词 | Science & Technology ; Physical Sciences |
| 关键词[WOS] | ENANTIORNITHINE BIRD ; ARCHAEOPTERYX ; SANCTUS ; FEATHERS |
| 收录类别 | SCI |
| 语种 | 英语 |
| WOS研究方向 | Geology |
| WOS类目 | Geosciences, Multidisciplinary |
| WOS记录号 | WOS:000255115600001 |
| 引用统计 | |
| 文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
| 条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.205/handle/311034/1569 |
| 专题 | 古低等脊椎动物研究室 |
| 作者单位 | 1.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Vertebrate Paleontol & Paleoanthropol, Lab Evolut Syst Vertebrates, Beijing 100044, Peoples R China 2.Univ Bristol, Dept Earth Sci, Bristol BS8 1RJ, Avon, England |
| 推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Zhang FuCheng,Zhou ZhongHe,Benton, Michael J.. A primitive confuciusornithid bird from China and its implications for early avian flight[J]. SCIENCE IN CHINA SERIES D-EARTH SCIENCES,2008,51(5):625-639. |
| APA | Zhang FuCheng,Zhou ZhongHe,&Benton, Michael J..(2008).A primitive confuciusornithid bird from China and its implications for early avian flight.SCIENCE IN CHINA SERIES D-EARTH SCIENCES,51(5),625-639. |
| MLA | Zhang FuCheng,et al."A primitive confuciusornithid bird from China and its implications for early avian flight".SCIENCE IN CHINA SERIES D-EARTH SCIENCES 51.5(2008):625-639. |
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