A new, three-dimensionally preserved enantiornithine bird (Aves: Ornithothoraces) from Gansu Province, north-western China

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 162, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 201-219

  Ji, Shu An ^a   Atterholt, Jessie ^b   O'Connor, Jingmai K ^c   Lamanna, Matthew C ^d   Harris, Jerald D ^e   Li, Da Qing ^f   You, Hai Lu ^a   Dodson, Peter ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY   (United States)

^d SECTION OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY   (United States)

^e DIXIE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f Gansu Geological Museum   (China)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Aptian; Changma Basin; Diversity; Early Cretaceous; Enantiornithes; Evolution; Phylogeny; Qiliania graffini gen. et sp nov.; Xiagou Formation

Indexed keywords

AVES; ENANTIORNITHES;

EID: 79955116676     PISSN: 00244082     EISSN: 10963642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2010.00671.x     Document Type: Article

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