A new adult specimen of the basalmost ornithuromorph bird Archaeorhynchus spathula (Aves: Ornithuromorpha) and its implications for early avian ontogeny

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

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

The oldest record of ornithuromorpha from the early cretaceous of China

(2015) Min Wang et al.   Nature Communications

A new species from an ornithuromorph (Aves: Ornithothoraces) dominated locality of the Jehol Biota

(2014) Shuang Zhou et al.   CHINESE SCIENCE BULLETIN

The first enantiornithine bird from the Upper Cretaceous of China

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

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

(2014) Zhonghe Zhou   National Science Review

Comparative osteohistology of Hesperornis with reference to pygoscelid penguins: the effects of climate and behaviour on avian bone microstructure

(2014) L. E. Wilson et al.   Royal Society Open Science

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

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

Hind Wings in Basal Birds and the Evolution of Leg Feathers

(2013) X. Zheng et al.   SCIENCE

The Ossification of the Pelvic Girdle and Leg Skeleton of the Quail (Coturnix coturnix japonica)

(2013) A. F. Pourlis et al.   ANATOMIA HISTOLOGIA EMBRYOLOGIA

A redescription ofChaoyangia beishanensis(Aves) and a comprehensive phylogeny of Mesozoic birds

(2012) Jingmai K. O’Connor et al.   JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC PALAEONTOLOGY

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

(2012) Xiaoting Zheng et al.   Nature Communications

Fossil evidence of avian crops from the Early Cretaceous of China

(2011) X. Zheng et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Development of the Tarsometatarsal Skeleton by the Lateral Fusion of Three Cylindrical Periosteal Bones in the Chick Embryo (Gallus gallus)

(2010) Yuichi Namba et al.   Anatomical Record-Advances in Integrative Anatomy and Evolutionary Biology

Tarsal development in birds: evidence for homology with the theropod condition

(2010) C. McGowan   JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY

Bone growth marks reveal protracted growth in New Zealand kiwi (Aves, Apterygidae)

(2009) E. Bourdon et al.   Biology Letters

Description and ecologic analysis of Hollanda luceria, a Late Cretaceous bird from the Gobi Desert (Mongolia)

(2009) Alyssa K. Bell et al.   CRETACEOUS RESEARCH

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

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

Comparative ossification sequence and skeletal development of the postcranium of palaeognathous birds (Aves: Palaeognathae)

(2009) ERIN E. MAXWELL et al.   ZOOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY

Ossification sequence of the avian order anseriformes, with comparison to other precocial birds

(2008) Erin E. Maxwell   JOURNAL OF MORPHOLOGY

Comparative embryonic development of the skeleton of the domestic turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) and other galliform birds

(2008) Erin E. Maxwell   ZOOLOGY