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A new long-tailed basal bird from the Early Cretaceous of northeastern China

A new long-tailed basal bird from the Early Cretaceous of northeastern China
A new long-tailed basal bird from the Early Cretaceous of northeastern China
A new basal Avialae, Jeholornis curvipes sp. nov., from the Yixian Formation (Lower Cretaceous) of Liaoning Province (north-eastern China) is described. A revision of long-tailed birds from China and a phylogenetic analysis of basal Avialae suggest that Jeholornithiformes were paraphyletic, with Jixiangornis orientalis being the sister-taxon of pygostylia. The phylogenetic analysis also recovered that the tail reduction is a unique event in the evolution of birds. Jeholornis species were cursorial, nonperching, and seed-eating birds.
Avialae, Jehol group, Jeholornis, Jeholornithiformes, systematic revision
0024-4066
790-804
Lefèvre, Ulysse
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Hu, Dongyu
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Escuillié, François
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Dyke, Gareth
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Godefroit, Pascal
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Lefèvre, Ulysse
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Hu, Dongyu
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Escuillié, François
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Dyke, Gareth
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Godefroit, Pascal
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Lefèvre, Ulysse, Hu, Dongyu, Escuillié, François, Dyke, Gareth and Godefroit, Pascal (2014) A new long-tailed basal bird from the Early Cretaceous of northeastern China. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 113 (3), 790-804. (doi:10.1111/bij.12343).

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Abstract

A new basal Avialae, Jeholornis curvipes sp. nov., from the Yixian Formation (Lower Cretaceous) of Liaoning Province (north-eastern China) is described. A revision of long-tailed birds from China and a phylogenetic analysis of basal Avialae suggest that Jeholornithiformes were paraphyletic, with Jixiangornis orientalis being the sister-taxon of pygostylia. The phylogenetic analysis also recovered that the tail reduction is a unique event in the evolution of birds. Jeholornis species were cursorial, nonperching, and seed-eating birds.

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e-pub ahead of print date: 18 October 2014
Published date: October 2014
Keywords: Avialae, Jehol group, Jeholornis, Jeholornithiformes, systematic revision
Organisations: Ocean and Earth Science

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Local EPrints ID: 364528
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/364528
ISSN: 0024-4066
PURE UUID: 747c488e-fb86-411f-9966-da56bdefc114

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Date deposited: 01 May 2014 09:31
Last modified: 14 Mar 2024 16:37

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Author: Ulysse Lefèvre
Author: Dongyu Hu
Author: François Escuillié
Author: Gareth Dyke
Author: Pascal Godefroit

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