A redescription of chaoyangia beishanensis (aves) and a comprehensive phylogeny of mesozoic birds

Journal of Systematic Palaeontology

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 889-906

  O'Connor, Jingmai K ^a   Zhou, Zhonghe ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY AND PALEOANTHROPOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Chaoyangia; Jehol; Ornithurine; Songlingornithidae; Zhongjianornis

Indexed keywords

BIRD; CLADISTICS; MESOZOIC; MORPHOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; TREE; EXTINCTION; ORNITHOLOGY; PALEOBIOLOGY; TAXONOMY;

CHINA;

AVES; CONFUCIUSORNITHIFORMES; ORNITHURAE;

EID: 84888236620     PISSN: 14772019     EISSN: 14780941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14772019.2012.690455     Document Type: Article

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