A new Jurassic theropod from China documents a transitional step in the macrostructure of feathers

Mosaic evolution in an asymmetrically feathered troodontid dinosaur with transitional features

(2017) Xing Xu et al.   Nature Communications

Basal paravian functional anatomy illuminated by high-detail body outline

(2017) Xiaoli Wang et al.   Nature Communications

High-precision U-Pb geochronology of the Jurassic Yanliao Biota from Jianchang (western Liaoning Province, China): Age constraints on the rise of feathered dinosaurs and eutherian mammals

(2016) Zhuyin Chu et al.   GEOCHEMISTRY GEOPHYSICS GEOSYSTEMS

Hindlimb feathers in paravians: Primarily “wings” or ornaments?

(2015) J. K. O’Connor et al.   BIOLOGY BULLETIN

A bizarre Jurassic maniraptoran theropod with preserved evidence of membranous wings

(2015) Xing Xu et al.   NATURE

Molecular composition and ultrastructure of Jurassic paravian feathers

(2015) Johan Lindgren et al.   Scientific Reports

Osteological and Soft-Tissue Evidence for Pneumatization in the Cervical Column of the Ostrich (Struthio camelus) and Observations on the Vertebral Columns of Non-Volant, Semi-Volant and Semi-Aquatic Birds

(2015) Naomi E. Apostolaki et al.   PLoS One

A Review of the Mongolian Cretaceous Dinosaur Saurornithoides (Troodontidae: Theropoda)

(2014) Mark A. Norell et al.   AMERICAN MUSEUM NOVITATES

A new long-tailed basal bird from the Lower Cretaceous of north-eastern China

(2014) Ulysse Lefèvre et al.   BIOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY

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

Melanin-Based Color of Plumage: Role of Condition and of Feathers' Microstructure

(2014) L. D'Alba et al.   INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY

The vertebrates of the Jurassic Daohugou Biota of northeastern China

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

New specimen of Archaeopteryx provides insights into the evolution of pennaceous feathers

(2014) Christian Foth et al.   NATURE

Preservation of ovarian follicles reveals early evolution of avian reproductive behaviour

(2013) Xiaoting Zheng et al.   NATURE

A Jurassic avialan dinosaur from China resolves the early phylogenetic history of birds

(2013) Pascal Godefroit et al.   NATURE

Unique caudal plumage of Jeholornis and complex tail evolution in early birds

(2013) J. O'Connor et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Hind Wings in Basal Birds and the Evolution of Leg Feathers

(2013) X. Zheng et al.   SCIENCE

Reduced plumage and flight ability of a new Jurassic paravian theropod from China

(2013) Pascal Godefroit et al.   Nature Communications

Gender identification of the Mesozoic bird Confuciusornis sanctus

(2013) Anusuya Chinsamy et al.   Nature Communications

Primitive Wing Feather Arrangement in Archaeopteryx lithographica and Anchiornis huxleyi

(2012) Nicholas R. Longrich et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Theropod Fauna from Southern Australia Indicates High Polar Diversity and Climate-Driven Dinosaur Provinciality

(2012) Roger B. J. Benson et al.   PLoS One

A Second Soundly Sleeping Dragon: New Anatomical Details of the Chinese Troodontid Mei long with Implications for Phylogeny and Taphonomy

(2012) Chunling Gao et al.   PLoS One

Reconstruction ofMicroraptorand the Evolution of Iridescent Plumage

(2012) Quanguo Li et al.   SCIENCE

New evidence on the colour and nature of the isolated Archaeopteryx feather

(2012) Ryan M. Carney et al.   Nature Communications

An Archaeopteryx-like theropod from China and the origin of Avialae

(2011) Xing Xu et al.   NATURE

The thickness of the walls of tubular bones

(2010) J. D. Currey et al.   JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY

Exceptional dinosaur fossils show ontogenetic development of early feathers

(2010) Xing Xu et al.   NATURE

A Basal Alvarezsauroid Theropod from the Early Late Jurassic of Xinjiang, China

(2010) J. N. Choiniere et al.   SCIENCE

Plumage Color Patterns of an Extinct Dinosaur

(2010) Q. Li et al.   SCIENCE

Biomechanics of Dromaeosaurid Dinosaur Claws: Application of X-Ray Microtomography, Nanoindentation, and Finite Element Analysis

(2009) Phillip L. Manning et al.   Anatomical Record-Advances in Integrative Anatomy and Evolutionary Biology

Postcranial skeletal pneumaticity and air-sacs in the earliest pterosaurs

(2009) R. J. Butler et al.   Biology Letters

A pre-Archaeopteryx troodontid theropod from China with long feathers on the metatarsus

(2009) Dongyu Hu et al.   NATURE

Respiratory Evolution Facilitated the Origin of Pterosaur Flight and Aerial Gigantism

(2009) Leon P. A. M. Claessens et al.   PLoS One

A short-armed dromaeosaurid from the Jehol Group of China with implications for early dromaeosaurid evolution

(2009) X. Zheng et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

TNT, a free program for phylogenetic analysis

(2008) Pablo A. Goloboff et al.   CLADISTICS

Evidence for Avian Intrathoracic Air Sacs in a New Predatory Dinosaur from Argentina

(2008) Paul C. Sereno et al.   PLoS One