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

Pascal Godefroit (), Andrea Cau, Hu Dong-Yu, François Escuillié, Wu Wenhao and Gareth Dyke
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Pascal Godefroit: Operational Direction ‘Earth and History of Life’, Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, rue Vautier 29, 1000 Bruxelles, Belgium
Andrea Cau: Museo Geologico ‘Giovanni Capellini’, Via Zamboni 63, I- 40127 Bologna, Italy
Hu Dong-Yu: Paleontological Institute, Shenyang Normal University, 253 North Huanghe Street, Shenyang 110034, China
François Escuillié: Eldonia, 9 Avenue des Portes Occitanes, 3800 Gannat, France
Wu Wenhao: Research Center of Paleontology and Stratigraphy, Jilin University, 938 Ximinzhu Street, Changchun, 130021, China
Gareth Dyke: Ocean and Earth Science, National Oceanography Centre, University of Southampton, European Way, Southampton SO14 3ZH, UK

Nature, 2013, vol. 498, issue 7454, 359-362

Abstract: The complete skeleton of a new avialan dinosaur from the Tiaojishan Formation (Middle–Late Jurassic period) of Liaoning Province, China, is described and included in a comprehensive phylogenetic analysis of basal Paraves.

Date: 2013
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