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

We describe a new enantiornithine bird, Parapengornis eurycaudatus gen. et sp. nov. from the Lower Cretaceous Jiufotang Formation of Liaoning, China. Although morphologically similar to previously described pengornithids Pengornis houi, Pengornis IVPP V18632, and Eopengornis martini, morphological d...

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Autores principales: Hu, Han, O’Connor, Jingmai K., Zhou, Zhonghe
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2015
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4454694/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26039693
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0126791

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4454694/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26039693
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0126791

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