A juvenile coelurosaurian theropod from China indicates arboreal habits | |
Zhang, FC; Zhou, ZG; Xu, X; Wang, XL | |
2002-09-01 | |
发表期刊 | NATURWISSENSCHAFTEN
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卷号 | 89期号:9页码:394-398 |
文章类型 | Article |
摘要 | Here we report an unequivocal arboreal coelurosaur, Epidendrosaurus ningchengensis gen. et sp. nov. This juvenile coelurosaur's third manual digit is extremely elongated, distinctively different from that of other known dinosaurs and birds. It represents certainly a type of adaptation previously unreported from the Mesozoic although the exact function of the third manual digit is unclear. The relatively long forelimb, penultimate phalanx of manual digit II, and pedal penultimate phalanges, are interpreted as evidence for the arboreal habit of Epidendrosaurus. Because Epidendrosaurus is more similar to advanced birds in some arboreal features than to Archaeopteryx, we suggest that the initial appearance of tree-adaptation in theropods was probably not directly related to flight but to other functions, such as seeking food or escaping from predators. Electronic Supplementary Material is available if you access this article at http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00114-002-0353-8. On that page (frame on the left side), a link takes you directly to the supplementary material. |
WOS标题词 | Science & Technology |
关键词[WOS] | ENANTIORNITHINE BIRD ; EVOLUTION ; SKULL ; ARCHAEOPTERYX ; DINOSAURS |
收录类别 | SCI |
语种 | 英语 |
WOS研究方向 | Science & Technology - Other Topics |
WOS类目 | Multidisciplinary Sciences |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000178827600003 |
引用统计 | |
文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.205/handle/311034/1874 |
专题 | 古低等脊椎动物研究室 |
作者单位 | Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Vertebrate Paleontol & Paleoanthropol, Beijing 100044, Peoples R China |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Zhang, FC,Zhou, ZG,Xu, X,et al. A juvenile coelurosaurian theropod from China indicates arboreal habits[J]. NATURWISSENSCHAFTEN,2002,89(9):394-398. |
APA | Zhang, FC,Zhou, ZG,Xu, X,&Wang, XL.(2002).A juvenile coelurosaurian theropod from China indicates arboreal habits.NATURWISSENSCHAFTEN,89(9),394-398. |
MLA | Zhang, FC,et al."A juvenile coelurosaurian theropod from China indicates arboreal habits".NATURWISSENSCHAFTEN 89.9(2002):394-398. |
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