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Citation title: "A new sapeornithid bird from China and its implications for early avian evolution.".

Study name: "A new sapeornithid bird from China and its implications for early avian evolution.".

This study is part of submission 13139 (Status: Published).

Citation

Hu D., Li L., Hou L., & Xu X. 2010. A new sapeornithid bird from China and its implications for early avian evolution. Acta Geologica Sinica, 84: 472-482.

Authors

• Hu D.
• Li L.
• Hou L.
• Xu X.

Abstract

Recent discoveries of basal birds have greatly improved our understanding of early bird evolution, yet the evolution of several important features such as cranial kinesis and arboreality remain debated. A new sapeornithid bird, Shenshiornis primita gen. et sp. nov., based on an articulated skeleton from the Early Cretaceous Jehol Group of western Liaoning, China, sheds new light on these issues. Shenshiornis possesses a skull as primitive as or even more primitive than that of Archaeopteryx and hind limbs modified for an improved arboreal capability. A cladistic analysis shows that: 1) presence of a diapsid skull is a plesiomorphy of the Aves and a kinetic skull evolved incrementally later in avian evolution; and 2) cursorial capability significantly weakens at the base of the Pygostylia due to a change in locomotor system.

Keywords

basal bird, Cranial kinetism, locomotor systems, sapeornithid, Shenshiornis primita, Early Cretaceous, Liaoning

External links

• DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-6724.2010.00188.x
• Other URL: http://graemetlloyd.com/matr.html

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• Canonical resource URI: http://purl.org/phylo/treebase/phylows/study/TB2:S13139
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  		@ARTICLE{TreeBASE2Ref21102,
  	 author = {Dongyu  Hu and Li  Li and Lianhai  Hou and Xing  Xu},
  	 title = {A new sapeornithid bird from China and its implications for early avian evolution.},
  	 year = {2010},
  	 keywords = {basal bird, Cranial kinetism, locomotor systems, sapeornithid, Shenshiornis primita, Early Cretaceous, Liaoning },
  	 doi = {10.1111/j.1755-6724.2010.00188.x},
  	 url = {http://graemetlloyd.com/matr.html},
  	 pmid = {},
  	 journal = {Acta Geologica Sinica},
  	 volume = {84},
  	 number = {},
  	 pages = {472--482},
  	 abstract = {Recent discoveries of basal birds have greatly improved our understanding of early bird evolution, yet the evolution of several important features such as cranial kinesis and arboreality remain debated. A new sapeornithid bird, Shenshiornis primita gen. et sp. nov., based on an articulated skeleton from the Early Cretaceous Jehol Group of western Liaoning, China, sheds new light on these issues. Shenshiornis possesses a skull as primitive as or even more primitive than that of Archaeopteryx and hind limbs modified for an improved arboreal capability. A cladistic analysis shows that: 1) presence of a diapsid skull is a plesiomorphy of the Aves and a kinetic skull evolved incrementally later in avian evolution; and 2) cursorial capability significantly weakens at the base of the Pygostylia due to a change in locomotor system.}
  }
  		

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  		TY  - JOUR
  ID  - 21102
  AU  - Hu,Dongyu 
  AU  - Li,Li 
  AU  - Hou,Lianhai 
  AU  - Xu,Xing 
  T1  - A new sapeornithid bird from China and its implications for early avian evolution.
  PY  - 2010
  KW  - basal bird
  KW  - Cranial kinetism
  KW  - locomotor systems
  KW  - sapeornithid
  KW  - Shenshiornis primita
  KW  - Early Cretaceous
  KW  - Liaoning 
  UR  - http://graemetlloyd.com/matr.html
  N2  - Recent discoveries of basal birds have greatly improved our understanding of early bird evolution, yet the evolution of several important features such as cranial kinesis and arboreality remain debated. A new sapeornithid bird, Shenshiornis primita gen. et sp. nov., based on an articulated skeleton from the Early Cretaceous Jehol Group of western Liaoning, China, sheds new light on these issues. Shenshiornis possesses a skull as primitive as or even more primitive than that of Archaeopteryx and hind limbs modified for an improved arboreal capability. A cladistic analysis shows that: 1) presence of a diapsid skull is a plesiomorphy of the Aves and a kinetic skull evolved incrementally later in avian evolution; and 2) cursorial capability significantly weakens at the base of the Pygostylia due to a change in locomotor system.
  L3  - 10.1111/j.1755-6724.2010.00188.x
  JF  - Acta Geologica Sinica
  VL  - 84
  IS  - 
  SP  - 472
  EP  - 482
  ER  -