Flight aerodynamics in enantiornithines: Information from a new Chinese Early Cretaceous bird

Inferring flight parameters of Mesozoic avians through multivariate analyses of forelimb elements in their living relatives

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Taxonomical reappraisal of Cathayornithidae (Aves: Enantiornithes)

(2015) Min Wang et al.   JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC PALAEONTOLOGY

Barb geometry of asymmetrical feathers reveals a transitional morphology in the evolution of avian flight

(2015) T. J. Feo et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Multivariate analysis of neognath skeletal measurements: implications for body mass estimation in Mesozoic birds

(2015) Francisco José Serrano et al.   ZOOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY

Soft-tissue and dermal arrangement in the wing of an Early Cretaceous bird: Implications for the evolution of avian flight

(2015) Guillermo Navalón et al.   Scientific Reports

A new genus and species of enantiornithine bird from the Early Cretaceous of Brazil

(2015) Ismar de Souza Carvalho et al.   Brazilian Journal of Geology

Preservation of ovarian follicles reveals early evolution of avian reproductive behaviour

(2013) Xiaoting Zheng et al.   NATURE

Insight into the early evolution of the avian sternum from juvenile enantiornithines

(2012) Xiaoting Zheng et al.   Nature Communications

Anatomy of the Early Cretaceous Enantiornithine BirdRapaxavis pani

(2011) Jingmai K. O'Connor et al.   ACTA PALAEONTOLOGICA POLONICA

A revision of enantiornithine (Aves: Ornithothoraces) skull morphology

(2011) Jingmai K. O’Connor et al.   JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC PALAEONTOLOGY

Wing-beat characteristics of birds recorded with tracking radar and cine camera

(2010) BRUNO BRUDERER et al.   IBIS

Aerodynamics of intermittent bounds in flying birds

(2009) Bret W. Tobalske et al.   EXPERIMENTS IN FLUIDS

High-precision 40Ar/39Ar age for the Jehol Biota

(2009) Su-chin Chang et al.   PALAEOGEOGRAPHY PALAEOCLIMATOLOGY PALAEOECOLOGY

Flight characteristics of birds:

(2008) BRUNO BRUDERER et al.   IBIS