A gigantic feathered dinosaur from the Lower Cretaceous of China

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	A gigantic feathered dinosaur from the Lower Cretaceous of China
	Xu, Xing 1,2; Wang, Kebai 3; Zhang, Ke 4; Ma, Qingyu 1; Xing, Lida 5; Sullivan, Corwin 1; Hu, Dongyu 2; Cheng, Shuqing 3; Wang, Shuo 1,6
	2012-04-05
发表期刊	NATURE
卷号	484 期号:7392 页码:92-95
文章类型	Article
摘要	Numerous feathered dinosaur specimens have recently been recovered from the Middle-Upper Jurassic and Lower Cretaceous deposits of northeastern China, but most of them represent small animals(1). Here we report the discovery of a gigantic new basal tyrannosauroid, Yutyrannus huali gen. et sp. nov., based on three nearly complete skeletons representing two distinct ontogenetic stages from the Lower Cretaceous Yixian Formation of Liaoning Province, China. Y. huali shares some features, particularly of the cranium, with derived tyrannosauroids(2,3), but is similar to other basal tyrannosauroids(4-12) in possessing a three-fingered manus and a typical theropod pes. Morphometric analysis suggests that Y. huali differed from tyrannosaurids in its growth strategy(13,14). Most significantly, Y. huali bears long filamentous feathers, thus providing direct evidence for the presence of extensively feathered gigantic dinosaurs and offering new insights into early feather evolution.
WOS标题词	Science & Technology
关键词[WOS]	TYRANNOSAUROID DINOSAUR ; NORTH-AMERICA ; THEROPODA ; ENGLAND ; AGE
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:000302343400040
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文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.205/handle/311034/7288
专题	古低等脊椎动物研究室
作者单位	1.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Vertebrate Paleontol & Paleoanthropol, Key Lab Evolutionary Systemat Vertebrates, Beijing 100044, Peoples R China 2.Shenyang Normal Univ, Liaoning Paleontol Museum, Shenyang 110034, Peoples R China 3.Zhucheng Dinosaur Museum, Zhucheng 262200, Shandong, Peoples R China 4.China Univ Geosci, Sch Earth Sci & Resources, Beijing 100083, Peoples R China 5.Univ Alberta, Dept Biol Sci, Edmonton, AB T6G 2E9, Canada 6.Chinese Acad Sci, Grad Univ, Beijing 100049, Peoples R China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Xu, Xing,Wang, Kebai,Zhang, Ke,et al. A gigantic feathered dinosaur from the Lower Cretaceous of China[J]. NATURE,2012,484(7392):92-95.
APA	Xu, Xing.,Wang, Kebai.,Zhang, Ke.,Ma, Qingyu.,Xing, Lida.,...&Wang, Shuo.(2012).A gigantic feathered dinosaur from the Lower Cretaceous of China.NATURE,484(7392),92-95.
MLA	Xu, Xing,et al."A gigantic feathered dinosaur from the Lower Cretaceous of China".NATURE 484.7392(2012):92-95.