Intraskeletal histovariability, allometric growth patterns, and their functional implications in bird-like dinosaurs

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

(2017) Ulysse Lefèvre et al.   NATURWISSENSCHAFTEN

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

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

(2017) Ulysse Lefèvre et al.   Science of Nature

Bone-associated gene evolution and the origin of flight in birds

(2016) João Paulo Machado et al.   BMC GENOMICS

New Perspectives on the Ontogeny and Evolution of Avian Locomotion

(2016) Ashley M. Heers   INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY

Medullary bone in fossils: function, evolution and significance in growth curve reconstructions of extinct vertebrates

(2016) E. Prondvai   JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY 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

Vascularised endosteal bone tissue in armoured sauropod dinosaurs

(2016) Anusuya Chinsamy et al.   Scientific Reports

Wings versus legs in the avianbauplan: Development and evolution of alternative locomotor strategies

(2015) Ashley M. Heers et al.   EVOLUTION

The evolution of avian wing shape and previously unrecognized trends in covert feathering

(2015) Xia Wang et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Molecular composition and ultrastructure of Jurassic paravian feathers

(2015) Johan Lindgren et al.   Scientific Reports

Wing bone laminarity is not an adaptation for torsional resistance in bats

(2015) Andrew H. Lee et al.   PeerJ

Reidentification of Avian Embryonic Remains from the Cretaceous of Mongolia

(2015) David J. Varricchio et al.   PLoS One

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

Development-based revision of bone tissue classification: the importance of semantics for science

(2014) Edina Prondvai et al.   BIOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY

Osteohistological variation in growth marks and osteocyte lacunar density in a theropod dinosaur (Coelurosauria: Ornithomimidae)

(2014) Thomas M Cullen et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

HIGH RATES OF EVOLUTION PRECEDED THE ORIGIN OF BIRDS

(2014) Mark N. Puttick et al.   EVOLUTION

The geometry of taking flight: Limb morphometrics in Mesozoic theropods

(2014) Brandon P. Hedrick et al.   JOURNAL OF MORPHOLOGY

Aerodynamic Characteristics of a Feathered Dinosaur Measured Using Physical Models. Effects of Form on Static Stability and Control Effectiveness

(2014) Dennis Evangelista et al.   PLoS One

Remodeling in bone without osteocytes: Billfish challenge bone structure–function paradigms

(2014) Ayelet Atkins et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Quantification of intraskeletal histovariability inAlligator mississippiensisand implications for vertebrate osteohistology

(2014) Holly N. Woodward et al.   PeerJ

Rethinking the nature of fibrolamellar bone: an integrative biological revision of sauropod plexiform bone formation

(2013) Koen Stein et al.   BIOLOGICAL REVIEWS

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

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

Histology and postural change during the growth of the ceratopsian dinosaur Psittacosaurus lujiatunensis

(2013) Qi Zhao et al.   Nature Communications

Aerodynamic performance of the feathered dinosaur Microraptor and the evolution of feathered flight

(2013) Gareth Dyke et al.   Nature Communications

Bone Laminarity in the Avian Forelimb Skeleton and Its Relationship to Flight Mode: Testing Functional Interpretations

(2012) Erin L.R. Simons et al.   Anatomical Record-Advances in Integrative Anatomy and Evolutionary Biology

Ontogeny of aerodynamics in mallards: comparative performance and developmental implications

(2012) T. R. Dial et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Precocial hindlimbs and altricial forelimbs: partitioning ontogenetic strategies in mallards (Anas platyrhynchos)

(2012) T. R. Dial et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Paleohistological estimation of bone growth rate in extinct archosaurs

(2012) Jorge Cubo et al.   PALEOBIOLOGY

Tree climbing – a fundamental avian adaptation

(2011) David A. Burnham et al.   JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC PALAEONTOLOGY

Relationship between bone growth rate and bone tissue organization in amniotes: first test of Amprino's rule in a phylogenetic context

(2010) Laëtitia Montes et al.   ANIMAL BIOLOGY

When hatchlings outperform adults: locomotor development in Australian brush turkeys (Alectura lathami, Galliformes)

(2010) K. P. Dial et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Vertebrate diversity of the Jehol Biota as compared with other lagerstätten

(2010) ZhongHe Zhou et al.   Science China-Earth Sciences

Pathologic Bone Tissues in a Turkey Vulture and a Nonavian Dinosaur: Implications for Interpreting Endosteal Bone and Radial Fibrolamellar Bone in Fossil Dinosaurs

(2009) Anusuya Chinsamy et al.   Anatomical Record-Advances in Integrative Anatomy and Evolutionary Biology

Genetic selection for fast growth generates bone architecture characterised by enhanced periosteal expansion and limited consolidation of the cortices but a diminution in the early responses to mechanical loading

(2009) Simon C.F. Rawlinson et al.   BONE

FORELIMB POSTURE IN DINOSAURS AND THE EVOLUTION OF THE AVIAN FLAPPING FLIGHT-STROKE

(2009) Robert L. Nudds et al.   EVOLUTION

Skeletochronology and isotopic analysis of a captive individual ofAlligator mississippiensisDaudin, 1802

(2009) Nicole Klein et al.   FOSSIL RECORD

Comparative long bone histology and growth of the “hypsilophodontid” dinosaursOrodromeus makelai, Dryosaurus altus, andTenontosaurus tillettii(Ornithischia: Euornithopoda)

(2009) John R. Horner et al.   JOURNAL OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY

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

(2009) Dongyu Hu et al.   NATURE

Was Dinosaurian Physiology Inherited by Birds? Reconciling Slow Growth in Archaeopteryx

(2009) Gregory M. Erickson et al.   PLoS One

PATTERNS OF GROWTH IN BIRDS. II. GROWTH RATE AND MODE OF DEVELOPMENT

(2008) R. E. Ricklefs   IBIS

Avian Paternal Care Had Dinosaur Origin

(2008) David J. Varricchio et al.   SCIENCE

The effects of locomotion on the structural characteristics of avian limb bones

(2008) MICHAEL B. HABIB et al.   ZOOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY

Post-hatching growth and development of the pectoral and pelvic limbs in the black noddy, Anous minutus

(2006) Michael B. Bennett   COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY A-MOLECULAR & INTEGRATIVE PHYSIOLOGY