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A bizarre Jurassic maniraptoran theropod with preserved evidence of membranous wings

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  • Xing Xu

    (Institute of Geology and Paleontology, Linyi University
    Key Laboratory of Vertebrate Evolution and Human Origins of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • Xiaoting Zheng

    (Institute of Geology and Paleontology, Linyi University
    Shandong Tianyu Museum of Nature)

  • Corwin Sullivan

    (Key Laboratory of Vertebrate Evolution and Human Origins of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • Xiaoli Wang

    (Institute of Geology and Paleontology, Linyi University)

  • Lida Xing

    (School of the Earth Sciences and Resources, China University of Geosciences)

  • Yan Wang

    (Institute of Geology and Paleontology, Linyi University)

  • Xiaomei Zhang

    (Shandong Tianyu Museum of Nature)

  • Jingmai K. O’Connor

    (Key Laboratory of Vertebrate Evolution and Human Origins of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • Fucheng Zhang

    (Key Laboratory of Vertebrate Evolution and Human Origins of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • Yanhong Pan

    (Key Laboratory of Economic Stratigraphy and Palaeogeography of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

Abstract

A recently discovered fossil belonging to the Scansoriopterygidae, a group of bizarre dinosaurs closely related to birds, represents a new scansoriopterygid species and preserves evidence of a membranous aerodynamic surface very different from a classic avian wing.

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  • Xing Xu & Xiaoting Zheng & Corwin Sullivan & Xiaoli Wang & Lida Xing & Yan Wang & Xiaomei Zhang & Jingmai K. O’Connor & Fucheng Zhang & Yanhong Pan, 2015. "A bizarre Jurassic maniraptoran theropod with preserved evidence of membranous wings," Nature, Nature, vol. 521(7550), pages 70-73, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:521:y:2015:i:7550:d:10.1038_nature14423
    DOI: 10.1038/nature14423
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    1. Sophie Macaulay & Tatjana Hoehfurtner & Samuel R. R. Cross & Ryan D. Marek & John R. Hutchinson & Emma R. Schachner & Alice E. Maher & Karl T. Bates, 2023. "Decoupling body shape and mass distribution in birds and their dinosaurian ancestors," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 14(1), pages 1-12, December.
    2. 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.
    3. Paul Rummy & Jessica Thevamalar Rummy, 2021. "Recontextualising the style of naming in nomenclature," Palgrave Communications, Palgrave Macmillan, vol. 8(1), pages 1-6, December.

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