Novel evolution of a hyper‐elongated tongue in a Cretaceous enantiornithine from China and the evolution of the hyolingual apparatus and feeding in birds

The evolutionary and functional implications of the unusual quadrate of Longipteryx chaoyangensis (Avialae: Enantiornithes) from the Cretaceous Jehol Biota of China

(2021) Thomas A. Stidham et al.   JOURNAL OF ANATOMY

Ultramicrostructural reductions in teeth: implications for dietary transition from non-avian dinosaurs to birds

(2020) Zhiheng Li et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

The skull of Carnotaurus sastrei Bonaparte 1985 revisited: insights from craniofacial bones, palate and lower jaw

(2020) M.A. Cerroni et al.   HISTORICAL BIOLOGY

Late Cretaceous bird from Madagascar reveals unique development of beaks

(2020) Patrick M. O’Connor et al.   NATURE

Convergent evolution of a mobile bony tongue in flighted dinosaurs and pterosaurs

(2018) Zhiheng Li et al.   PLoS One

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

Experimental determination of three-dimensional cervical joint mobility in the avian neck

(2017) Robert E. Kambic et al.   Frontiers in Zoology

Insight into the growth pattern and bone fusion of basal birds from an Early Cretaceous enantiornithine bird

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

A bizarre Early Cretaceous enantiornithine bird with unique crural feathers and an ornithuromorph plough-shaped pygostyle

(2017) Min Wang et al.   Nature Communications

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 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

The Craniolingual Morphology of Waterfowl (Aves, Anseriformes) and Its Relationship with Feeding Mode Revealed Through Contrast-Enhanced X-Ray Computed Tomography and 2D Morphometrics

(2015) Zhiheng Li et al.   Evolutionary Biology

A new small enantiornithine bird from the Jehol Biota, with implications for early evolution of avian skull morphology

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

Taxonomical reappraisal of Cathayornithidae (Aves: Enantiornithes)

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

The oldest record of ornithuromorpha from the early cretaceous of China

(2015) Min Wang et al.   Nature Communications

A new specimen of large-bodied basal Enantiornithine Bohaiornis from the Early Cretaceous of China and the inference of feeding ecology in Mesozoic birds

(2014) Zhiheng Li et al.   JOURNAL OF PALEONTOLOGY

The Jehol Biota, an Early Cretaceous terrestrial Lagerstätte: new discoveries and implications

(2014) Zhonghe Zhou   National Science Review

Function-related morphological characteristics and specialized structures of the avian tongue

(2013) Serkan Erdoğan et al.   ANNALS OF ANATOMY-ANATOMISCHER ANZEIGER

A new enantiornithine from the Yixian Formation with the first recognized avian enamel specialization

(2013) Jingmai K. O’Connor et al.   JOURNAL OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY

A large bird from the Early Cretaceous of China: new information on the skull of enantiornithines

(2013) Zihui Zhang et al.   JOURNAL OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY

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

A well-preserved aneuretopsychid from the Jehol Biota of China (Insecta, Mecoptera, Aneuretopsychidae)

(2011) Dong Ren et al.   ZooKeys

Phylogenetic support for a specialized clade of Cretaceous enantiornithine birds with information from a new species

(2010) Jingmai K. O'Connor et al.   JOURNAL OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY

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

Unstable taxa in cladistic analysis: identification and the assessment of relevant characters

(2009) Diego Pol et al.   CLADISTICS

TNT, a free program for phylogenetic analysis

(2008) Pablo A. Goloboff et al.   CLADISTICS

Insight into diversity, body size and morphological evolution from the largest Early Cretaceous enantiornithine bird

(2008) Zhonghe Zhou et al.   JOURNAL OF ANATOMY