A new confuciusornithid bird with a secondary epiphyseal ossification reveals phylogenetic changes in confuciusornithid flight mode
A new species of Confuciusornis, a genus of basal birds from the Early Cretaceous, reveals that these early birds had stronger flight capability and more diverse flight modes than previously expected.
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author | Renfei Wang Dongyu Hu Meisheng Zhang Shiying Wang Qi Zhao Corwin Sullivan Xing Xu |
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description | A new species of Confuciusornis, a genus of basal birds from the Early Cretaceous, reveals that these early birds had stronger flight capability and more diverse flight modes than previously expected. |
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spelling | doaj.art-325b7070ddf94e4c8f36e1b803dc480a2022-12-25T12:25:56ZengNature PortfolioCommunications Biology2399-36422022-12-015111310.1038/s42003-022-04316-6A new confuciusornithid bird with a secondary epiphyseal ossification reveals phylogenetic changes in confuciusornithid flight modeRenfei Wang0Dongyu Hu1Meisheng Zhang2Shiying Wang3Qi Zhao4Corwin Sullivan5Xing Xu6College of Earth Sciences, Jilin UniversityShenyang Normal University, Paleontological Museum of Liaoning, Key Laboratory for Evolution of Past Life in Northeast Asia, Liaoning ProvinceCollege of Earth Sciences, Jilin UniversityShenyang Normal University, Paleontological Museum of Liaoning, Key Laboratory for Evolution of Past Life in Northeast Asia, Liaoning ProvinceKey Laboratory of Vertebrate Evolution and Human Origins, Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of SciencesDepartment of Biological Sciences, University of AlbertaShenyang Normal University, Paleontological Museum of Liaoning, Key Laboratory for Evolution of Past Life in Northeast Asia, Liaoning ProvinceA new species of Confuciusornis, a genus of basal birds from the Early Cretaceous, reveals that these early birds had stronger flight capability and more diverse flight modes than previously expected.https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-022-04316-6 |
spellingShingle | Renfei Wang Dongyu Hu Meisheng Zhang Shiying Wang Qi Zhao Corwin Sullivan Xing Xu A new confuciusornithid bird with a secondary epiphyseal ossification reveals phylogenetic changes in confuciusornithid flight mode Communications Biology |
title | A new confuciusornithid bird with a secondary epiphyseal ossification reveals phylogenetic changes in confuciusornithid flight mode |
title_full | A new confuciusornithid bird with a secondary epiphyseal ossification reveals phylogenetic changes in confuciusornithid flight mode |
title_fullStr | A new confuciusornithid bird with a secondary epiphyseal ossification reveals phylogenetic changes in confuciusornithid flight mode |
title_full_unstemmed | A new confuciusornithid bird with a secondary epiphyseal ossification reveals phylogenetic changes in confuciusornithid flight mode |
title_short | A new confuciusornithid bird with a secondary epiphyseal ossification reveals phylogenetic changes in confuciusornithid flight mode |
title_sort | new confuciusornithid bird with a secondary epiphyseal ossification reveals phylogenetic changes in confuciusornithid flight mode |
url | https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-022-04316-6 |
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