A Jurassic avialan dinosaur from China resolves the early phylogenetic history of birds

Hind Wings in Basal Birds and the Evolution of Leg Feathers

(2013) X. Zheng et al.   SCIENCE

Reduced plumage and flight ability of a new Jurassic paravian theropod from China

(2013) Pascal Godefroit et al.   Nature Communications

Likelihood reinstates Archaeopteryx as a primitive bird

(2011) M. S. Y. Lee et al.   Biology Letters

An Archaeopteryx-like theropod from China and the origin of Avialae

(2011) Xing Xu et al.   NATURE

Velociraptorine Dromaeosaurid Teeth from the Kimmeridgian (Late Jurassic) of Germany

(2009) Torsten Van Der Lubbe et al.   ACTA PALAEONTOLOGICA POLONICA

A pre-Archaeopteryx troodontid theropod from China with long feathers on the metatarsus

(2009) Dongyu Hu et al.   NATURE

A short-armed dromaeosaurid from the Jehol Group of China with implications for early dromaeosaurid evolution

(2009) X. Zheng et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

A bizarre Jurassic maniraptoran from China with elongate ribbon-like feathers

(2008) Fucheng Zhang et al.   NATURE

A new feathered maniraptoran dinosaur fossil that fills a morphological gap in avian origin

(2008) Xing Xu et al.   Science Bulletin