Diversification in an Early Cretaceous avian genus: Evidence from a new species of Confuciusornis from China

Journal of Ornithology

Volumn 150, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 783-790

  Zhang, Zihui ^a,b   Gao, Chunling ^c   Meng, Qingjin ^c   Liu, Jinyuan ^c   Hou, Lianhai ^b,d   Zheng, Guangmei ^a  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CAPITAL NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Dalian Natural History Museum   (China)

^d INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY AND PALEOANTHROPOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Confuciusornis feducciai, sp. nov.; Diversification; Early cretaceous; Taxonomy; Yixian formation

Indexed keywords

ARBOREAL SPECIES; CRETACEOUS; FOSSIL RECORD; NEW RECORD; NEW SPECIES; ORNITHOLOGY; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEONTOLOGY; SKELETAL REMAINS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TAXONOMY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

AVES; CONFUCIUSORNIS; FURCULA;

EID: 70349734678     PISSN: 21937192     EISSN: 21937206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10336-009-0399-x     Document Type: Article

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