KMS Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology
| A new small enantiornithine bird from the Jehol Biota, with implications for early evolution of avian skull morphology | |
| Wang, Min1; Hu, Han1; Li, Zhiheng2 | |
| 2016 | |
| 发表期刊 | JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC PALAEONTOLOGY
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| 卷号 | 14期号:6页码:481-497 |
| 文章类型 | Article |
| 摘要 | Enantiornithes is the most diverse Mesozoic avian clade. Approximately half of the known global diversity of Enantiornithes is from the Early Cretaceous Jehol Biota of China. The Jehol enantiornithines are usually articulated and complete, but the bones are overlain by each other and preserved in two dimensions, severely limiting the number of cranial characters that can be recognized. Here we describe a new enantiornithine bird, Pterygornis dapingfangensis gen. et sp. nov., from the Jehol Biota. The new taxon has a unique sternal morphology with an external rostral spine and a pair of craniolateral processes. Phylogenetic analysis resolves the new taxon in a derived position within Enantiornithes. The specimen is disarticulated with several exceptionally well-preserved cranial bones, including the jugal and quadratojugal, morphologies of which remain poorly understood for enantiornithines. Our results indicate that the quadratojugal is an inverted L-shaped element, morphologically similar to that of more basal birds Archaeopteryx bavarica, Jeholornis prima, Confuciusornis sanctus and Sapeornis chaoyangensis. Our findings also illustrate that the quadratojugal underwent large modifications with the reduction of the caudoventral and squamosal processes sequentially during early avian evolution, contributing to the refinement of the cranial kinesis in early birds. |
| 关键词 | Aves Enantiornithes Jugal Mesozoic Quadratojugal |
| WOS标题词 | Science & Technology ; Life Sciences & Biomedicine |
| DOI | 10.1080/14772019.2015.1073801 |
| 关键词[WOS] | AVES ORNITHOTHORACES ; CRETACEOUS ECOSYSTEM ; CRANIAL MORPHOLOGY ; CHINA ; DIVERSITY ; THEROPODA ; FEATHERS ; INSIGHT ; ORNITHUROMORPH ; INFORMATION |
| 收录类别 | SCI |
| 语种 | 英语 |
| 项目资助者 | National Science Foundation for Fostering Talents in Basic Research of the National Natural Science Foundation of China(J1210008) ; National Basic Research Program of China (973 Program)(2012CB821906) ; National Natural Science Foundation of China(41172020) |
| WOS研究方向 | Evolutionary Biology ; Paleontology |
| WOS类目 | Evolutionary Biology ; Paleontology |
| WOS记录号 | WOS:000380168900003 |
| 引用统计 | |
| 文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
| 条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.205/handle/311034/7024 |
| 专题 | 中科院古脊椎所（2000年以后） |
| 作者单位 | 1.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Vertebrate Paleontol & Paleoanthropol, Key Lab Vertebrate Evolut & Human Origins, 142 Xizhimenwai St, Beijing 100044, Peoples R China 2.Univ Texas Austin, Dept Geol Sci, Jackson Sch Geosci, 1 Univ Stn C1100, Austin, TX 78712 USA |
| 推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Wang, Min,Hu, Han,Li, Zhiheng. A new small enantiornithine bird from the Jehol Biota, with implications for early evolution of avian skull morphology[J]. JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC PALAEONTOLOGY,2016,14(6):481-497. |
| APA | Wang, Min,Hu, Han,&Li, Zhiheng.(2016).A new small enantiornithine bird from the Jehol Biota, with implications for early evolution of avian skull morphology.JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC PALAEONTOLOGY,14(6),481-497. |
| MLA | Wang, Min,et al."A new small enantiornithine bird from the Jehol Biota, with implications for early evolution of avian skull morphology".JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC PALAEONTOLOGY 14.6(2016):481-497. |
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