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Two feathered dinosaurs from northeastern China

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  • Ji Qiang

    (National Geological Museum of China)

  • Philip J. Currie

    (Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology)

  • Mark A. Norell

    (American Museum of Natural History)

  • Ji Shu-An

    (National Geological Museum of China)

Abstract

Current controversy over the origin and early evolution of birds centres on whether or not they are derived from coelurosaurian theropod dinosaurs. Here we describe two theropods from the Upper Jurassic/Lower Cretaceous Chaomidianzi Formation of Liaoning province, China. Although both theropods have feathers, it is likely that neither was able to fly. Phylogenetic analysis indicates that they are both more primitive than the earliest known avialan (bird), Archaeopteryx. These new fossils represent stages in the evolution of birds from feathered, ground-living, bipedal dinosaurs.

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  • Ji Qiang & Philip J. Currie & Mark A. Norell & Ji Shu-An, 1998. "Two feathered dinosaurs from northeastern China," Nature, Nature, vol. 393(6687), pages 753-761, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:393:y:1998:i:6687:d:10.1038_31635
    DOI: 10.1038/31635
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    1. Yaser Saffar Talori & Jing-Shan Zhao & Yun-Fei Liu & Wen-Xiu Lu & Zhi-Heng Li & Jingmai Kathleen O'Connor, 2019. "Identification of avian flapping motion from non-volant winged dinosaurs based on modal effective mass analysis," PLOS Computational Biology, Public Library of Science, vol. 15(5), pages 1-16, May.

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