A Jurassic avialan dinosaur from China resolves the early phylogenetic history of birds

Nature

Volumn 498, Issue 7454, 2013, Pages 359-362

  Godefroit, Pascal ^a   Cau, Andrea ^b   Dong Yu, Hu ^c,d   Escuillié, François ^e   Wenhao, Wu ^f   Dyke, Gareth ^g  

^a ROYAL BELGIAN INSTITUTE OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (Belgium)

^b Museo Geologico Giovanni Capellini   (Italy)

^c SHENYANG NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d NORTHEAST NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e Eldonia   (France)

^f JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^g UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRD; DINOSAUR; JURASSIC; NEW TAXON; PHYLOGENETICS; SKELETON;

ARTICLE; CHINA; DINOSAUR; FEMUR; JURASSIC; MESOZOIC; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIUS; SKELETON; TRUNK; ULNA;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; CHINA; DINOSAURS; FEATHERS; FOSSILS; PHYLOGENY; SKELETON;

CHINA; LIAONING;

ARCHAEOPTERYX; AVES; DEINONYCHOSAURIA; DINOSAURIA; THEROPODA; TROODONTIDAE;

EID: 84879420726     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature12168     Document Type: Article

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