Reduced plumage and flight ability of a new Jurassic paravian theropod from China

Nature Communications

Volumn 4, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Godefroit, Pascal ^a,b   Demuynck, Helena ^c   Dyke, Gareth ^d   Hu, Dongyu ^e,f   Escuillié, François ^g   Claeys, Philippe ^c  

^a ROYAL BELGIAN INSTITUTE OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (Belgium)

^b JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^d NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^e SHENYANG NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^f NORTHEAST NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^g Eldonia   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; DINOSAUR; FLIGHT; JURASSIC; LOCOMOTION; MORPHOLOGY; PALEOBIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PLUMAGE; SPECIES COMPLEX; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ARTICLE; CHINA; ECOLOGICAL NICHE; ECOSYSTEM; FEATHER; FLYING; JURASSIC; LIMB; METATARSAL BONE; TAIL; UPPER JURASSIC; ANIMAL; BONE; CLASSIFICATION; DINOSAUR; FOSSIL; HISTOLOGY; PALEONTOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME;

CHINA;

ANIMALS; BONE AND BONES; CHINA; DINOSAURS; FEATHERS; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; FOSSILS; PALEONTOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; TIME FACTORS;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84877751024     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms2389     Document Type: Article

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