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Exceptional preservation of soft tissue in a new specimen of Eoconfuciusornis and its biological implications

文献类型:期刊论文

作者Zheng, Xiaoting1,2; O'Connor, Jingmai K.3; Wang, Xiaoli1,2; Pan, Yanhong4; Wang, Yan1,2; Wang, Min3; Zhou, Zhonghe3
刊名NATIONAL SCIENCE REVIEW
出版日期2017-05-01
卷号4期号:3页码:441-452
关键词Huajiying Jehol Biota Aves Confuciusornithiformes Propatagium Feathers
DOI10.1093/nsr/nwx004
文献子类Article
英文摘要

We report on an exceptional specimen of Eoconfuciusornis preserving rare soft-tissue traces of the ovary and wing. Ovarian follicles preserve a greater hierarchy than observed in Jeholornis and enantiornithines, suggesting confuciusornithiforms evolved higher rates of yolk deposition in parallel with the neornithine lineage. The preserved soft tissues of the wing indicate the presence of a propatagium and postpatagium, whereas an alular patagium is absent. Preserved remnants of the internal support network of the propatagium bear remarkable similarity to that of living birds. Soft tissue suggests the confuciusornithiform propatagium could maintain a cambered profile and generate lift. The feathers of the wing preserve remnants of their original patterning; however, this is not strongly reflected by observable differences under scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The tail plumage lacks elongate rectrices, suggesting that the earliest known confuciusornithiforms were sexually dimorphic in their plumage.

WOS关键词Ovarian-follicles Fossilize ; Avian Flight ; Cretaceous Ecosystem ; Early Evolution ; China ; Dinosaurs ; Feathers ; Bird ; Propatagium ; Color
WOS研究方向Science & Technology - Other Topics
语种英语
WOS记录号WOS:000406611700016
资助机构National Basic Research Program of China (973 Program)(2012CB821906) ; National Natural Science Foundation of China(41172020 ; Chinese Academy of Sciences ; 41472023 ; 41172016 ; 41372014)
源URL[http://124.16.247.212/handle/311034/8016]  
专题古脊椎动物与古人类研究所_图书馆1
作者单位1.Linyi Univ, Inst Geol & Paleontol, Linyi 276005, Peoples R China
2.Shandong Tianyu Museum Nat, Pingyi 273300, Peoples R China
3.Chinese Acad Sci, Key Lab Vertebrate Evolut & Human Origins, Inst Vertebrate Paleontol & Paleoanthropol, Beijing 100044, Peoples R China
4.Chinese Acad Sci, Key Lab Econ Stratig & Palaeogeog, Nanjing Inst Geol & Palaeontol, Nanjing 210008, Peoples R China
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Zheng, Xiaoting,O'Connor, Jingmai K.,Wang, Xiaoli,et al. Exceptional preservation of soft tissue in a new specimen of Eoconfuciusornis and its biological implications[J]. NATIONAL SCIENCE REVIEW,2017,4(3):441-452.
APA Zheng, Xiaoting.,O'Connor, Jingmai K..,Wang, Xiaoli.,Pan, Yanhong.,Wang, Yan.,...&Zhou, Zhonghe.(2017).Exceptional preservation of soft tissue in a new specimen of Eoconfuciusornis and its biological implications.NATIONAL SCIENCE REVIEW,4(3),441-452.
MLA Zheng, Xiaoting,et al."Exceptional preservation of soft tissue in a new specimen of Eoconfuciusornis and its biological implications".NATIONAL SCIENCE REVIEW 4.3(2017):441-452.

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