A juvenile coelurosaurian theropod from China indicates arboreal habits

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	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
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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