New Early Cretaceous fossil from China documents a novel trophic specialization for Mesozoic birds | |
Hou, LH; Chiappe, LM; Zhang, FC; Chuong, CM | |
2004 | |
发表期刊 | NATURWISSENSCHAFTEN |
卷号 | 91期号:1页码:22-25 |
文章类型 | Article |
摘要 | We report on a new Mesozoic bird, Longirostravis hani, from the Early Cretaceous Jehol Biota of northeastern China. The new taxon has a long, slender rostrum and mandible, and a small number of rostralmost teeth. Postcranial characters such as a furcular ramus wider ventrally than dorsally, a centrally concave proximal margin of the humeral head, and a minor metacarpal that projects distally more than the major metacarpal, support the placement of Longirostravis within euenantiornithine Enantiornithes, the most diverse clade of Mesozoic birds. The morphology of the skull, however, suggests that Longirostravis had a probing feeding behavior, a specialization previously unknown for Enantiornithes. Indeed, this discovery provides the first evidence in support of the existence of such a foraging behavior among basal lineages of Mesozoic birds. |
WOS标题词 | Science & Technology |
关键词[WOS] | AVIAN FLIGHT ; DIVERSIFICATION ; EVOLUTION |
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:000188299700002 |
引用统计 | |
文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.205/handle/311034/2084 |
专题 | 古低等脊椎动物研究室 |
作者单位 | 1.Univ So Calif, Dept Pathol, Los Angeles, CA 90033 USA 2.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Vertebrate Paleontol & Paleoanthropol, Beijing 100044, Peoples R China 3.Capital Normal Univ, Dept Biol, Beijing, Peoples R China 4.Natl Hist Museum Los Angeles Cty, Dept Vertebrate Paleontol, Santa Monica, CA 90405 USA |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Hou, LH,Chiappe, LM,Zhang, FC,et al. New Early Cretaceous fossil from China documents a novel trophic specialization for Mesozoic birds[J]. NATURWISSENSCHAFTEN,2004,91(1):22-25. |
APA | Hou, LH,Chiappe, LM,Zhang, FC,&Chuong, CM.(2004).New Early Cretaceous fossil from China documents a novel trophic specialization for Mesozoic birds.NATURWISSENSCHAFTEN,91(1),22-25. |
MLA | Hou, LH,et al."New Early Cretaceous fossil from China documents a novel trophic specialization for Mesozoic birds".NATURWISSENSCHAFTEN 91.1(2004):22-25. |
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