A bizarre Jurassic maniraptoran theropod with preserved evidence of membranous wings

Xing Xu (), Xiaoting Zheng (), Corwin Sullivan, Xiaoli Wang, Lida Xing, Yan Wang, Xiaomei Zhang, Jingmai K. O’Connor, Fucheng Zhang and Yanhong Pan
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Xing Xu: Institute of Geology and Paleontology, Linyi University
Xiaoting Zheng: Institute of Geology and Paleontology, Linyi University
Corwin Sullivan: Key Laboratory of Vertebrate Evolution and Human Origins of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Xiaoli Wang: Institute of Geology and Paleontology, Linyi University
Lida Xing: School of the Earth Sciences and Resources, China University of Geosciences
Yan Wang: Institute of Geology and Paleontology, Linyi University
Xiaomei Zhang: Shandong Tianyu Museum of Nature
Jingmai K. O’Connor: Key Laboratory of Vertebrate Evolution and Human Origins of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Fucheng Zhang: Key Laboratory of Vertebrate Evolution and Human Origins of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Yanhong Pan: Key Laboratory of Economic Stratigraphy and Palaeogeography of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Nature, 2015, vol. 521, issue 7550, 70-73

Abstract: A recently discovered fossil belonging to the Scansoriopterygidae, a group of bizarre dinosaurs closely related to birds, represents a new scansoriopterygid species and preserves evidence of a membranous aerodynamic surface very different from a classic avian wing.

Date: 2015
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