@ARTICLE{TreeBASE2Ref21028,
author = {Ji Shu-An and Jessie Atterholt and Jingmai K. O'Connor and Matthew C. Lamanna and Jerald D. Harris and Li Da-Qing and You Hai-Lu and Peter Dodson},
title = {A new, three-dimensionally preserved enantiornithine bird (Aves: Ornithothoraces) from Gansu Province, north-western China.},
year = {2011},
keywords = {Changma Basin; Early Cretaceous; Enantiorniths; Qiliania graffini gen. et sp. nov.; Xiagou Formation; anatomy; aptian; diversiy; evolution; phylogeny},
doi = {10.1111/j.1096-3642.2010.00671.x},
url = {http://www.graemetlloyd.com/matr.html},
pmid = {},
journal = {Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society},
volume = {162},
number = {1},
pages = {201--219},
abstract = {In recent years, the Lower Cretaceous (Aptian) Xiagou Formation has yielded approximately 100 avian partial skeletons, many with soft-tissue traces, from sites in the Changma Basin of Gansu Province, north-western China. The most abundant taxon amongst these is the ornithuromorph Gansus yumenensis, but enantiornithines have also been identified in the sample. Here we describe two incomplete, semi-articulated appendicular skeletons, the first consisting of a partial left pelvic girdle and complete pelvic limb, and the second comprised of a nearly complete right pelvic limb. Both specimens bear characteristics diagnostic of Enantiornithes, and are referred to a new taxon, Qiliania graffini gen. et sp. nov. The exceptional, three-dimensional preservation of these specimens (compared to the crushed, nearly two-dimensional condition of most other Early Cretaceous avian fossils) reveals new information regarding enantiornithine anatomy, evolution, and diversity.}
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Citation title: "A new, three-dimensionally preserved enantiornithine bird (Aves: Ornithothoraces) from Gansu Province, north-western China.".
