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A Jurassic avialan dinosaur from China resolves the early phylogenetic history of birds

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  • Pascal Godefroit

    (Operational Direction ‘Earth and History of Life’, Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, rue Vautier 29, 1000 Bruxelles, Belgium)

  • Andrea Cau

    (Museo Geologico ‘Giovanni Capellini’, Via Zamboni 63, I- 40127 Bologna, Italy)

  • Hu Dong-Yu

    (Paleontological Institute, Shenyang Normal University, 253 North Huanghe Street, Shenyang 110034, China
    Key Laboratory of Vegetation Ecology, Ministry of Education, Northeast Normal University, 5268 Renmin Street, Changchun 130024, China)

  • François Escuillié

    (Eldonia, 9 Avenue des Portes Occitanes, 3800 Gannat, France)

  • Wu Wenhao

    (Research Center of Paleontology and Stratigraphy, Jilin University, 938 Ximinzhu Street, Changchun, 130021, China)

  • Gareth Dyke

    (Ocean and Earth Science, National Oceanography Centre, University of Southampton, European Way, Southampton SO14 3ZH, UK)

Abstract

The complete skeleton of a new avialan dinosaur from the Tiaojishan Formation (Middle–Late Jurassic period) of Liaoning Province, China, is described and included in a comprehensive phylogenetic analysis of basal Paraves.

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  • Pascal Godefroit & Andrea Cau & Hu Dong-Yu & François Escuillié & Wu Wenhao & Gareth Dyke, 2013. "A Jurassic avialan dinosaur from China resolves the early phylogenetic history of birds," Nature, Nature, vol. 498(7454), pages 359-362, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:498:y:2013:i:7454:d:10.1038_nature12168
    DOI: 10.1038/nature12168
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    2. Ho, Peter, 2018. "Institutional function versus form: The evolutionary credibility of land, housing and natural resources," Land Use Policy, Elsevier, vol. 75(C), pages 642-650.

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