Early Cretaceous Enantiornithine Birds (Aves, Ornithothoraces) and Establishment of the Ornithuromorpha Morphological Type

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

Qualitative skeletal correlates of wing shape in extant birds (Aves: Neoaves)

(2015) Tobin L Hieronymus   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Evolution and functional significance of derived sternal ossification patterns in ornithothoracine birds

(2015) J. K. O'Connor et al.   JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

A historical specimen of enantiornithine bird from the Early Cretaceous of Mongolia representing a new taxon with a specialized neck morphology

(2015) Nikita V. Zelenkov et al.   JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC PALAEONTOLOGY

Taxonomical reappraisal of Cathayornithidae (Aves: Enantiornithes)

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

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

Insights into the evolution of rachis dominated tail feathers from a new basal enantiornithine (Aves: Ornithothoraces)

(2014) Xiaoli Wang et al.   BIOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY

PHYLOGENY AND FORELIMB DISPARITY IN WATERBIRDS

(2014) Xia Wang et al.   EVOLUTION

Low ecological disparity in Early Cretaceous birds

(2014) J. S. Mitchell et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

The Jehol Biota: Definition and distribution of exceptionally preserved relicts of a continental Early Cretaceous ecosystem

(2013) Yanhong Pan et al.   CRETACEOUS RESEARCH

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

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

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

A Review of Dromaeosaurid Systematics and Paravian Phylogeny

(2012) Alan H. Turner et al.   BULLETIN OF THE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY

Primary feather lengths may not be important for inferring the flight styles of Mesozoic birds

(2012) NICHOLAS R. CHAN et al.   LETHAIA

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

(2012) Xiaoting Zheng et al.   Nature Communications

The other half of avian evolution: Cyril Walker's contribution

(2011) Larry D. Martin   JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC PALAEONTOLOGY

A new taxon of birds (Aves) from the Early Cretaceous of Western Siberia, Russia

(2011) Evgeny N. Kurochkin et al.   JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC PALAEONTOLOGY

Statistical approach for inferring ecology of Mesozoic birds

(2011) Alyssa Bell et al.   JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC PALAEONTOLOGY

A revision of enantiornithine (Aves: Ornithothoraces) skull morphology

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

Origin of feathered flight

(2011) E. N. Kurochkin et al.   PALEONTOLOGICAL JOURNAL

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

Anatomy of the Early Cretaceous birdRapaxavis pani, a new species from Liaoning Province, China

(2009) Eric M. Morschhauser et al.   JOURNAL OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY

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

(2008) Zhonghe Zhou et al.   JOURNAL OF ANATOMY

The fossil record and limb disparity of enantiornithines, the dominant flying birds of the Cretaceous

(2008) GARETH J. DYKE et al.   LETHAIA