The plumage and colouration of an enantiornithine bird from the early cretaceous of china

An Enantiornithine with a Fan-Shaped Tail, and the Evolution of the Rectricial Complex in Early Birds

(2016) Jingmai K. O’Connor et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

A new ornithurine from the Early Cretaceous of China sheds light on the evolution of early ecological and cranial diversity in birds

(2016) Jiandong Huang et al.   PeerJ

A New Species of Pengornithidae (Aves: Enantiornithes) from the Lower Cretaceous of China Suggests a Specialized Scansorial Habitat Previously Unknown in Early Birds

(2015) Han Hu et al.   PLoS One

Chemical, experimental, and morphological evidence for diagenetically altered melanin in exceptionally preserved fossils

(2015) Caitlin Colleary et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

A Mesozoic bird from Gondwana preserving feathers

(2015) Ismar de Souza Carvalho et al.   Nature Communications

A New Enantiornithes (Aves) from the Early Cretaceous of China

(2014) Johan DALSÄTT et al.   ACTA GEOLOGICA SINICA-ENGLISH EDITION

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

A new specimen of large-bodied basal Enantiornithine Bohaiornis from the Early Cretaceous of China and the inference of feeding ecology in Mesozoic birds

(2014) Zhiheng Li et al.   JOURNAL OF PALEONTOLOGY

Melanosome evolution indicates a key physiological shift within feathered dinosaurs

(2014) Quanguo Li et al.   NATURE

An integrative approach to understanding bird origins

(2014) X. Xu et al.   SCIENCE

Elucidation of the chemical composition of avian melanin

(2014) Suet Yi Liu et al.   RSC Advances

Melanosomes or Microbes: Testing an Alternative Hypothesis for the Origin of Microbodies in Fossil Feathers

(2014) Alison E. Moyer et al.   Scientific Reports

New information on the anatomy of the Chinese Early Cretaceous Bohaiornithidae (Aves: Enantiornithes) from a subadult specimen ofZhouornis hani

(2014) Yuguang Zhang et al.   PeerJ

Experimental maturation of feathers: implications for reconstructions of fossil feather colour

(2013) M. E. McNamara et al.   Biology Letters

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

Preservation of ovarian follicles reveals early evolution of avian reproductive behaviour

(2013) Xiaoting Zheng et al.   NATURE

Raman spectroscopy as a non-invasive technique for the quantification of melanins in feathers and hairs

(2013) Ismael Galván et al.   Pigment Cell & Melanoma Research

Vibrational characterization of pheomelanin and trichochrome F by Raman spectroscopy

(2013) Ismael Galván et al.   SPECTROCHIMICA ACTA PART A-MOLECULAR AND BIOMOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY

Gender identification of the Mesozoic bird Confuciusornis sanctus

(2013) Anusuya Chinsamy et al.   Nature Communications

Iridescence: a functional perspective

(2012) S. M Doucet et al.   Journal of the Royal Society Interface

A new enantiornithine bird from the Lower Cretaceous of Western Liaoning, China, and its implications for early avian evolution

(2012) Dongyu Hu et al.   JOURNAL OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY

Reconstruction ofMicroraptorand the Evolution of Iridescent Plumage

(2012) Quanguo Li et al.   SCIENCE

From extant to extinct: locomotor ontogeny and the evolution of avian flight

(2012) Ashley M. Heers et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Nanostructural self-assembly of iridescent feather barbules through depletion attraction of melanosomes during keratinization

(2011) R. Maia et al.   Journal of the Royal Society Interface

A new enantiornithine bird from the Lower Cretaceous of western Liaoning, China

(2011) Dongyu Hu et al.   JOURNAL OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY

Trace Metals as Biomarkers for Eumelanin Pigment in the Fossil Record

(2011) R. A. Wogelius et al.   SCIENCE

New Species of Enantiornithes (Aves: Ornithothoraces) from the Qiaotou Formation in Northern Hebei, China

(2010) Xuri WANG et al.   ACTA GEOLOGICA SINICA-ENGLISH EDITION

The Extent of the Preserved Feathers on the Four-Winged Dinosaur Microraptor gui under Ultraviolet Light

(2010) David W. E. Hone et al.   PLoS One

Fossil Evidence for Evolution of the Shape and Color of Penguin Feathers

(2010) J. A. Clarke et al.   SCIENCE

Plumage Color Patterns of an Extinct Dinosaur

(2010) Q. Li et al.   SCIENCE

Structural coloration in a fossil feather

(2009) J. Vinther et al.   Biology Letters

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

(2009) Dongyu Hu et al.   NATURE

Life history of a basal bird: morphometrics of the Early Cretaceous Confuciusornis

(2008) L. M. Chiappe et al.   Biology Letters

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

(2008) Zhonghe Zhou et al.   JOURNAL OF ANATOMY

Mosaicism, Modules, and the Evolution of Birds: Results from a Bayesian Approach to the Study of Morphological Evolution Using Discrete Character Data

(2008) Julia A. Clarke et al.   SYSTEMATIC BIOLOGY

Surface enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) and FTIR characterization of the sepia melanin pigment used in works of art

(2007) Silvia A. Centeno et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR STRUCTURE