Showing posts with label Enantiornithes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Enantiornithes. Show all posts
Saturday, December 6, 2025

[PaleoOrnithology • 2025] Chromeornis funkyi • A new small-bodied longipterygid (Aves: Enantiornithes) from the Aptian Jiufotang Formation preserving unusual gastroliths

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  Chromeornis funkyi O’Connor, Wang, Clark, Kuo, Davila, Wang, Zheng & Zhou, 2025    DOI:  doi.org/10.26879/1589   Artwork: Sunny Dror  ...
Saturday, January 25, 2025

[PaleoOrnithology • 2024] Neobohaiornis lamadongensis • A New diminutive Species of bohaiornithid enantiornithine (Aves: Ornithothoraces) from the Lower Cretaceous Jehol Group, northern China

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Neobohaiornis lamadongensis  Shen, Clark, Fang, Chen, Jiang, Ji & O’Connor, 2024 DOI:  doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-82869-8   Researchgate...
Thursday, November 14, 2024

[PaleoOrnithology • 2024] Navaornis hestiae • Cretaceous Bird from Brazil informs the Evolution of the Avian Skull and Brain

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Navaornis hestiae  Chiappe, Navalón, Martinelli, Carvalho, Santucci, Wu & Field, 2024    DOI:  doi.org/10.1038/s41586-024-08114-4 Abstra...
Wednesday, January 4, 2023

[PaleoOrnithology • 2023] Cratonavis zhui • Decoupling the Skull and Skeleton in A Cretaceous Bird with Unique Appendicular Morphologies

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  Cratonavis zhui  Li, Wang, Stidham & Zhou, 2023   DOI:  10.1038/s41559-022-01921-w Abstract The Cretaceous is a critical time interval...
Wednesday, March 20, 2019

[PaleoOrnithology • 2019] Avimaia schweitzerae • An Early Cretaceous Enantiornithine (Aves) Preserving An Unlaid Egg and Probable Medullary Bone

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Avimaia schweitzerae  Bailleul, O’Connor, Zhang, Li, Wang, Lamanna, Zhu & Zhou, 2019 DOI:  10.1038/s41467-019-09259-x   Reco...
Wednesday, August 8, 2018

[PaleoOrnithology • 2018] The Origin of the Bird's Beak: New Insights from Dinosaur Incubation Periods

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Toothlessness in dinosaurs. in Yang & Sander, 2018.    DOI:   10.1098/rsbl.2018.0090       twitter.com/ RSocPublishing ...
Tuesday, February 7, 2017

[PaleoOrnithology • 2017] Cruralispennia multidonta • A Bizarre Early Cretaceous Enantiornithine Bird with Unique Crural Feathers and An Ornithuromorph Plough-shaped Pygostyle

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Cruralispennia multidonta  Wang, O’Connor, Pan & Zhou, 2017   DOI:  10.1038/ncomms14141   Abstract Enantiornithes are...
Tuesday, June 28, 2016

[PaleoOrnithology • 2016] Mummified Precocial Bird Wings in mid-Cretaceous Burmese Amber

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Figure 2 | DIP-V-15100 photomicrographs. Overview of dorsal wing surface, with claws.  DOI:  10.1038/ncomms12089   The mid-Cre...
Saturday, January 30, 2016

[PaleoOrnithology • 2016] Chongmingia zhengi • A New Basal Bird from China with implications for Morphological Diversity in Early Birds

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Chongmingia zhengi  Wang , Wang, Wang & Zhou, 2016  doi:   10.1038/srep19700   Abstract The Chinese Lower Cretaceous...