An Archaeopteryx-like theropod from China and the origin of Avialae

Nature

Volumn 475, Issue 7357, 2011, Pages 465-470

  Xu, Xing ^a,b   You, Hailu ^c   Du, Kai ^d   Han, Fenglu ^b  

^a LINYI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY AND PALEOANTHROPOLOGY   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

^d CAPITAL NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANCESTRY; BIRD; DINOSAUR; MORPHOLOGY; NEW TAXON; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY;

ARCHAEOPTERYX; ARTICLE; AVIALAE; BIRD; CERVICAL SPINE; CHINA; DINOSAUR; ILIAC BONE; MANDIBLE; METACARPAL BONE; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PHALANX; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCAPULA; SPARROW;

ANIMALS; CHINA; DINOSAURS; FOSSILS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

CHINA;

ARCHAEOPTERYX; AVES; DEINONYCHOSAURIA; THEROPODA;

EID: 79960900031     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature10288     Document Type: Article

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