A Nearly Modern Amphibious Bird from the Early Cretaceous of Northwestern China

You, Hai‐Lu; C. Lamanna, Matthew; D. Harris, Jerald; M. Chiappe, Luis; K. O’Connor, Jingmai; Shu'an, JI; Lü, Junchang; Yuan, Chong-Xi; Li, Daqing; Zhang, Xing; J. Lacovara, Kenneth; Dodson, Peter; Ji, Qiang

doi:10.1126/science.1126377

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A Nearly Modern Amphibious Bird from the Early Cretaceous of Northwestern China

Published in Science • Jun 15, 2006

Authors:

Hai‐Lu You

Matthew C. Lamanna

Jerald D. Harris

Abstract

Three-dimensional specimens of the volant fossil bird Gansus yumenensis from the Early Cretaceous Xiagou Formation of northwestern China demonstrate that this taxon possesses advanced anatomical features previously known only in Late Cretaceous and Cenozoic ornithuran birds. Phylogenetic analysis re...

Subject

Cretaceous

Littoral zone

Paleontology

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