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Reduced plumage and flight ability of a new Jurassic paravian theropod from China

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  • Pascal Godefroit

    (Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences
    Jilin University Geological Museum)

  • Helena Demuynck

    (Earth System Science, Vrije Universiteit Brussel)

  • Gareth Dyke

    (Ocean and Earth Science, National Oceanography Centre, University of Southampton Waterfront Campus)

  • Dongyu Hu

    (Paleontological Institute, Shenyang Normal University
    Key Laboratory of Vegetation Ecology, Ministry of Education, Northeast Normal University)

  • François Escuillié

    (Eldonia)

  • Philippe Claeys

    (Earth System Science, Vrije Universiteit Brussel)

Abstract

Feathered dinosaurs from the Middle-Late Jurassic of north-eastern China have recently been described. Here, a new paravian dinosaur, characterized by less extensive feathers on its limbs and tail, shows that the plumage of theropods was already diversified and adapted to different ecological niches by the Late Jurassic.

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  • Pascal Godefroit & Helena Demuynck & Gareth Dyke & Dongyu Hu & François Escuillié & Philippe Claeys, 2013. "Reduced plumage and flight ability of a new Jurassic paravian theropod from China," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 4(1), pages 1-6, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:4:y:2013:i:1:d:10.1038_ncomms2389
    DOI: 10.1038/ncomms2389
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    1. Alfio Alessandro Chiarenza & Anthony R Fiorillo & Ronald S Tykoski & Paul J McCarthy & Peter P Flaig & Dori L Contreras, 2020. "The first juvenile dromaeosaurid (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from Arctic Alaska," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 15(7), pages 1-30, July.

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