KMS Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology
Diversification in an Early Cretaceous avian genus: evidence from a new species of Confuciusornis from China | |
Zhang, Zihui1,2; Gao, Chunling3; Meng, Qingjin3; Liu, Jinyuan3; Hou, Lianhai2,4; Zheng, Guangmei1; zihui.zhang@tom.com; zhenggm@bnu.edu.cn | |
2009-10-01 | |
发表期刊 | JOURNAL OF ORNITHOLOGY |
ISSN | 0021-8375 |
卷号 | 150期号:4页码:783-790 |
文章类型 | Article |
摘要 | A new species of Confuciusornis, the oldest known beaked bird, is erected based on a nearly complete fossil from the Early Cretaceous Yixian Formation of western Liaoning, northeast China. C. feducciai is the largest and shows the highest ratio of the forelimb to the hindlimb among all known species of Confuciusornis. The skeletal qualitative autapomorphies, including a V-shaped furcula, a rectangular deltopectoral crest, the absence of an oval foramen at the proximal end of the humerus, the very slender alular digit, a relatively much longer ischium which is two-thirds the length of the pubis, and the morphology of sternum, strongly suggest the new specimen is a valid distinctive taxon. Detailed comparison with other described species provides sound evidence for diversification in the Early Cretaceous avian genus Confuciusornis. Anatomical features suggest an arboreal habit of the new bird. |
关键词 | Early Cretaceous Confuciusornis Feducciai Yixian Formation Sp Nov. Taxonomy Diversification |
WOS标题词 | Science & Technology ; Life Sciences & Biomedicine |
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关键词[WOS] | ARCHAEOPTERYX ; BIRD ; SANCTUS ; MORPHOLOGY ; THEROPODA ; TITS ; AVES |
收录类别 | SCI |
语种 | 英语 |
WOS研究方向 | Zoology |
WOS类目 | Ornithology |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000270283700007 |
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文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.205/handle/311034/4709 |
专题 | 中科院古脊椎所(2000年以后) |
通讯作者 | zihui.zhang@tom.com; zhenggm@bnu.edu.cn |
作者单位 | 1.Beijing Normal Univ, Coll Life Sci, Beijing 100875, Peoples R China 2.Capital Normal Univ, Coll Life Sci, Beijing 100048, Peoples R China 3.Dalian Nat Museum, Dalian 116023, Peoples R China 4.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Vertebrate Paleontol & Paleoanthropol, Beijing 100044, Peoples R China |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Zhang, Zihui,Gao, Chunling,Meng, Qingjin,et al. Diversification in an Early Cretaceous avian genus: evidence from a new species of Confuciusornis from China[J]. JOURNAL OF ORNITHOLOGY,2009,150(4):783-790. |
APA | Zhang, Zihui.,Gao, Chunling.,Meng, Qingjin.,Liu, Jinyuan.,Hou, Lianhai.,...&zhenggm@bnu.edu.cn.(2009).Diversification in an Early Cretaceous avian genus: evidence from a new species of Confuciusornis from China.JOURNAL OF ORNITHOLOGY,150(4),783-790. |
MLA | Zhang, Zihui,et al."Diversification in an Early Cretaceous avian genus: evidence from a new species of Confuciusornis from China".JOURNAL OF ORNITHOLOGY 150.4(2009):783-790. |
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