Rates of morphological evolution are heterogeneous in Early Cretaceous birds

Estimating morphological diversity and tempo with discrete character-taxon matrices: implementation, challenges, progress, and future directions

(2016) Graeme T. Lloyd   BIOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY

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

Second species of enantiornithine bird from the Lower Cretaceous Changma Basin, northwestern China with implications for the taxonomic diversity of the Changma avifauna

(2015) Min Wang et al.   CRETACEOUS RESEARCH

Exploring macroevolution using modern and fossil data

(2015) Michael J. Benton   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

The oldest record of ornithuromorpha from the early cretaceous of China

(2015) Min Wang et al.   Nature Communications

Activating MET kinase rearrangements in melanoma and Spitz tumours

(2015) Iwei Yeh et al.   Nature Communications

Gradual Assembly of Avian Body Plan Culminated in Rapid Rates of Evolution across the Dinosaur-Bird Transition

(2014) Stephen L. Brusatte et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

HIGH RATES OF EVOLUTION PRECEDED THE ORIGIN OF BIRDS

(2014) Mark N. Puttick et al.   EVOLUTION

A new robust enantiornithine bird from the Lower Cretaceous of China with scansorial adaptations

(2014) Min Wang et al.   JOURNAL OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY

strap: an R package for plotting phylogenies against stratigraphy and assessing their stratigraphic congruence

(2014) Mark A. Bell et al.   PALAEONTOLOGY

Sustained miniaturization and anatomical innovation in the dinosaurian ancestors of birds

(2014) M. S. Y. Lee et al.   SCIENCE

Rates of Dinosaur Body Mass Evolution Indicate 170 Million Years of Sustained Ecological Innovation on the Avian Stem Lineage

(2014) Roger B. J. Benson et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

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

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

(2014) Zhonghe Zhou   National Science Review

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

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

Rates of dinosaur limb evolution provide evidence for exceptional radiation in Mesozoic birds

(2013) R. B. J. Benson et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Incorporating phylogenetic uncertainty on phylogeny-based palaeontological dating and the timing of turtle diversification

(2012) Juliana Sterli et al.   CLADISTICS

Effects of Phylogenetic Signal on Ancestral State Reconstruction

(2012) Glenn Litsios et al.   SYSTEMATIC BIOLOGY

paleotree: an R package for paleontological and phylogenetic analyses of evolution

(2012) David W. Bapst   Methods in Ecology and Evolution

IDENTIFYING HETEROGENEITY IN RATES OF MORPHOLOGICAL EVOLUTION: DISCRETE CHARACTER CHANGE IN THE EVOLUTION OF LUNGFISH (SARCOPTERYGII; DIPNOI)

(2011) Graeme T. Lloyd et al.   EVOLUTION

Mammalian phylogeny reveals recent diversification rate shifts

(2011) T. Stadler   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

phytools: an R package for phylogenetic comparative biology (and other things)

(2011) Liam J. Revell   Methods in Ecology and Evolution

A new ornithuromorph (Aves: Ornithothoraces) bird from the Jehol Group indicative of higher-level diversity

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

A reassessment of Sinornis santensis and Cathayornis yandica (Aves: Enantiornithes). In Proceedings of the VII International Meeting of the Society of Avian Paleontology and Evolution, ed. W.E. Boles and T.H. Worthy

(2010) Jingmai O'Connor et al.   RECORDS OF THE AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM

The remarkable fossils from the Early Cretaceous Jehol Biota of China and how they have changed our knowledge of Mesozoic life

(2009) Michael J. Benton et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE GEOLOGISTS ASSOCIATION

Density-dependent diversification in North American wood warblers

(2008) D. L Rabosky et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Superiority, Competition, and Opportunism in the Evolutionary Radiation of Dinosaurs

(2008) Stephen L. Brusatte et al.   SCIENCE

Density-Dependent Cladogenesis in Birds

(2008) Albert B Phillimore et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY