Earliest short-tailed bird from the Late Jurassic of China

2025/02/12 by Runsheng Chen, Min Wang, Liping Dong +11 · 2 voices · 16 citations
Earth and Planetary Sciences · Mathematics · #Archaeology #Biology #China #Evolution and Paleontology Studies #Geography #Geology #Morphological variations and asymmetry #Paleontology #Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology

paper · doi:10.1038/s41586-024-08410-z

published in Nature 638(8050), 441-448 (Nature Portfolio)

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Citations

• Maximum likelihood phylogenetic estimation from DNA sequences with variable rates over sites: Approximate methods
• Estimating morphological diversity and tempo with discrete character-taxon matrices: implementation, challenges, progress, and future directions
• Selecting and averaging relaxed clock models in Bayesian tip dating of Mesozoic birds

Cited by

• The ecology of Archaeopteryx
• Phylogenetic relationships of Unenlagiidae among Paraves (Dinosauria)
• Jurassic avialan reveals stepwise evolution of bony tail in birds
• Dinosaur track assemblages from mid-Cretaceous of Fujian Province, southeastern China: ichnotaxonomic review and faunal comparison
• Dinosaur track assemblages from mid-Cretaceous of Fujian Province, southeastern China: ichnotaxonomic review and faunal comparison. [europepmc]
• New fossils imply a deeper origin of modern birds in the Mesozoic. [europepmc]
• Critical innovations in the assembly of the modern flight apparatus in Early Cretaceous birds. [europepmc]

Discussions

• A fossil bird the same geological age as the iconic Archaeopteryx already has the short tail or 'parson's nose' characteristic of modern birds doi.org/10.1038/s415... [bsky, 12 points, 0 comments]
• A ave de cauda curta mais antiga do Jurássico Tardio da China doi.org/10.1038/s415... [bsky, 3 points, 0 comments]