A juvenile coelurosaurian theropod from China indicates arboreal habits

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	A juvenile coelurosaurian theropod from China indicates arboreal habits
	Zhang, FC(张福成); Zhou, ZG; Xu, X(徐星); Wang, XL(汪筱林); Zhang, FC (reprint author), Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Vertebrate Paleontol & Paleoanthropol, POB 643, Beijing 100044, Peoples R China.
	2002
发表期刊	NATURWISSENSCHAFTEN
ISSN	0028-1042
卷号	89 期号:9 页码:394—398
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.
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条目标识符	http://119.78.100.205/handle/311034/3777
专题	中科院古脊椎所（2000年以后）
通讯作者	Zhang, FC (reprint author), Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Vertebrate Paleontol & Paleoanthropol, POB 643, 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,&Zhang, FC .(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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