A new species of Microraptor from the Jehol Biota of northeastern China

Palaeoworld

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 81-91

  Gong, En Pu ^a   Martin, Larry D ^b,e   Burnham, David A ^b   Falk, Amanda R ^c   Hou, Lian Hai ^c,d  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^d INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY AND PALEOANTHROPOLOGY   (China)

^e SHENYANG NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Arboreal; Archaeopteryx; Dromaeosaurid; Gliding; Microraptor

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; ARBOREAL SPECIES; FOSSIL RECORD; GLIDING; MORPHOLOGY; NEW SPECIES; PALEOBIOLOGY; RAPTOR; SPECIMEN BANK;

CHINA;

ARCHAEOPTERYX; AVES; DROMAEOSAURIDAE; SINORNITHOSAURUS;

EID: 84862540330     PISSN: 1871174X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palwor.2012.05.003     Document Type: Article

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