The evolution of the modern avian digestive system: insights from paravian fossils from the Yanliao and Jehol biotas

Oldest Finch-Beaked Birds Reveal Parallel Ecological Radiations in the Earliest Evolution of Passerines

(2019) Daniel T. Ksepka et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

A new Jurassic scansoriopterygid and the loss of membranous wings in theropod dinosaurs

(2019) Min Wang et al.   NATURE

First report of gastroliths in the Early Cretaceous basal bird Jeholornis

(2018) Jingmai O'Connor et al.   CRETACEOUS RESEARCH

The trophic habits of early birds

(2018) Jingmai K. O'Connor   PALAEOGEOGRAPHY PALAEOCLIMATOLOGY PALAEOECOLOGY

Reinterpretation of a previously described Jehol bird clarifies early trophic evolution in the Ornithuromorpha

(2018) Xiaoting Zheng et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

A new clade of basal Early Cretaceous pygostylian birds and developmental plasticity of the avian shoulder girdle

(2018) Min Wang et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Exceptional dinosaur fossils reveal early origin of avian-style digestion

(2018) Xiaoting Zheng et al.   Scientific Reports

The evolutionary relationship between beak shape, mechanical advantage, and feeding ecology in modern birds

(2018) Guillermo Navalón et al.   EVOLUTION

Archaeorhynchuspreserving significant soft tissue including probable fossilized lungs

(2018) Xiaoli Wang et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

A morphological study of the first known piscivorous enantiornithine bird from the Early Cretaceous of China

(2017) Min Wang et al.   JOURNAL OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY

Heterochronic truncation of odontogenesis in theropod dinosaurs provides insight into the macroevolution of avian beaks

(2017) Shuo Wang et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Complexities and novelties in the early evolution of avian flight, as seen in the Mesozoic Yanliao and Jehol Biotas of Northeast China

(2017) Corwin Sullivan et al.   Palaeoworld

Relationship of pyroclastic volcanism and lake-water acidification to Jehol Biota mass mortality events (Early Cretaceous, northeastern China)

(2016) Lian Zhou et al.   CHEMICAL GEOLOGY

A Fish-Eating Enantiornithine Bird from the Early Cretaceous of China Provides Evidence of Modern Avian Digestive Features

(2016) Min Wang et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

A new adult specimen of the basalmost ornithuromorph bird Archaeorhynchus spathula (Aves: Ornithuromorpha) and its implications for early avian ontogeny

(2016) Min Wang et al.   JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC PALAEONTOLOGY

A new ornithuromorph (Aves) with an elongate rostrum from the Jehol Biota, and the early evolution of rostralization in birds

(2016) Jingmai K. O'Connor et al.   JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC PALAEONTOLOGY

A new basal ornithuromorph bird (Aves: Ornithothoraces) from the Early Cretaceous of China with implication for morphology of early Ornithuromorpha

(2016) Min Wang et al.   ZOOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY

A new ornithurine from the Early Cretaceous of China sheds light on the evolution of early ecological and cranial diversity in birds

(2016) Jiandong Huang et al.   PeerJ

Ultrastructural Characterization of the Lower Motor System in a Mouse Model of Krabbe Disease

(2016) Valentina Cappello et al.   Scientific Reports

A bizarre Jurassic maniraptoran theropod with preserved evidence of membranous wings

(2015) Xing Xu et al.   NATURE

The oldest record of ornithuromorpha from the early cretaceous of China

(2015) Min Wang et al.   Nature Communications

A new species from an ornithuromorph (Aves: Ornithothoraces) dominated locality of the Jehol Biota

(2014) Shuang Zhou et al.   CHINESE SCIENCE BULLETIN

The vertebrates of the Jurassic Daohugou Biota of northeastern China

(2014) Corwin Sullivan et al.   JOURNAL OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY

New Specimens of Yanornis Indicate a Piscivorous Diet and Modern Alimentary Canal

(2014) Xiaoting Zheng et al.   PLoS One

On the absence of sternal elements in Anchiornis (Paraves) and Sapeornis (Aves) and the complex early evolution of the avian sternum

(2014) X. Zheng et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

An advanced, new long-legged bird from the Early Cretaceous of the Jehol Group (northeastern China): insights into the temporal divergence of modern birds

(2014) DI LIU et al.   ZOOTAXA

A new specimen of the Early Cretaceous birdHongshanornis longicresta: insights into the aerodynamics and diet of a basal ornithuromorph

(2014) Luis M. Chiappe et al.   PeerJ

PISCIVORY IN THE FEATHERED DINOSAURMICRORAPTOR

(2013) Lida Xing et al.   EVOLUTION

Oxygen deficiency in Lake Sihetun; formation of the Lower Cretaceous Liaoning Fossillagerstätte (China)

(2013) Manja Hethke et al.   JOURNAL OF THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY

First occurrence of stomach stones in pterosaurs

(2013) Laura Codorniú et al.   JOURNAL OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY

Anatomy of the basal ornithuromorph birdArchaeorhynchus spathulafrom the Early Cretaceous of Liaoning, China

(2013) Shuang Zhou et al.   JOURNAL OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY

Can ovarian follicles fossilize?

(2013) Gerald Mayr et al.   NATURE

Preservation of ovarian follicles reveals early evolution of avian reproductive behaviour

(2013) Xiaoting Zheng et al.   NATURE

Hind Wings in Basal Birds and the Evolution of Leg Feathers

(2013) X. Zheng et al.   SCIENCE

A new piscivorous ornithuromorph from the Jehol Biota

(2013) Shuang Zhou et al.   HISTORICAL BIOLOGY

Ovarian follicles shed new light on dinosaur reproduction during the transition towards birds

(2013) Jingmai K. O'Connor et al.   National Science Review

A Speiballen from the Lower Jurassic Posidonia Shale of South Germany

(2012) Detlev Thies et al.   NEUES JAHRBUCH FUR GEOLOGIE UND PALAONTOLOGIE-ABHANDLUNGEN

Crow Pellets from Winter Roosts in Lancaster, Pennsylvania

(2012) Mary Annala et al.   NORTHEASTERN NATURALIST

A revision of enantiornithine (Aves: Ornithothoraces) skull morphology

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

Fossil evidence of avian crops from the Early Cretaceous of China

(2011) X. Zheng et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Additional specimen of Microraptor provides unique evidence of dinosaurs preying on birds

(2011) J. O'Connor et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

A call to search for fossilised gastric pellets

(2011) Nathan P. Myhrvold   HISTORICAL BIOLOGY

Gastroliths in An Ornithopod Dinosaur

(2010) Ignacio A. Cerda   ACTA PALAEONTOLOGICA POLONICA

Herbivorous ecomorphology and specialization patterns in theropod dinosaur evolution

(2010) L. E. Zanno et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

A Jurassic ceratosaur from China helps clarify avian digital homologies

(2009) Xing Xu et al.   NATURE

A new psittacosaur from Inner Mongolia and the parrot-like structure and function of the psittacosaur skull

(2009) P. C. Sereno et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

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

(2008) Xing Xu et al.   Science Bulletin