A new basal bird from China with implications for morphological diversity in early birds

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	A new basal bird from China with implications for morphological diversity in early birds
	Wang, Min 1,2; Wang, Xiaoli 3,4; Wang, Yan 3,4; Zhou, Zhonghe1
刊名	SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
	2016-01-25
卷号	6
文献子类	Article
英文摘要	The Chinese Lower Cretaceous Jehol Group is the second oldest fossil bird-bearing deposit, only surpassed by Archaeopteryx from the German Upper Jurassic Solnhofen Limestones. Here we report a new bird, Chongmingia zhengi gen. et sp. nov., from the Jehol Biota. Phylogenetic analyses indicate that Chongmingia zhengi is basal to the dominant Mesozoic avian clades Enantiornithes and Ornithuromorpha, and represents a new basal avialan lineage. This new discovery adds to our knowledge regarding the phylogenetic differentiation and morphological diversity in early avian evolution. The furcula of Chongmingia is rigid (reducing its efficiency), consequently requiring more power for flight. However, the elongated forelimb and the large deltopectoral crest on the humerus might indicate that the power was available. The unique combination of features present in this species demonstrates that numerous evolutionary experimentations took place in the early evolution of powered flight. The occurrence of gastroliths further confirms that herbivory was common among basal birds. The Jehol birds faced competition with pterosaurs, and occupied sympatric habitats with nonavian theropods, some of which consumed birds. Thus, avialan herbivory may have reduced ecological competition from carnivorous close relatives and other volant vertebrates early in their evolutionary history.
WOS关键词	AVIAN EVOLUTION ; CRETACEOUS BIRD ; FOSSIL EVIDENCE ; THEROPOD ; ARCHAEOPTERYX ; SPECIMEN ; FEATHERS ; INSIGHTS ; ORIGIN ; AVES
WOS研究方向	Science & Technology - Other Topics
语种	英语
WOS记录号	WOS:000368817800001
内容类型	期刊论文
源URL	[http://124.16.247.212/handle/311034/7142]
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作者单位	1.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Vertebrate Paleontol & Paleoanthropol, Key Lab Vertebrate Evolut & Human Origins, Beijing 100044, Peoples R China 2.Chinese Acad Sci, Nanjing Inst Geol & Palaeontol, State Key Lab Palaeobiol & Stratig, Nanjing 210008, Jiangsu, Peoples R China 3.Linyi Univ, Inst Geol & Paleontol, Linyi 276000, Shandong, Peoples R China 4.Shandong Tianyu Museum Nat, Pingyi 273300, Shandong, Peoples R China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Wang, Min,Wang, Xiaoli,Wang, Yan,et al. A new basal bird from China with implications for morphological diversity in early birds[J]. SCIENTIFIC REPORTS,2016,6.
APA	Wang, Min,Wang, Xiaoli,Wang, Yan,&Zhou, Zhonghe.(2016).A new basal bird from China with implications for morphological diversity in early birds.SCIENTIFIC REPORTS,6.
MLA	Wang, Min,et al."A new basal bird from China with implications for morphological diversity in early birds".SCIENTIFIC REPORTS 6(2016).