A new confuciusornithid (Aves: Pygostylia) from the Early Cretaceous increases the morphological disparity of the Confuciusornithidae
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| 作者 | Wang, Min1,2 ; Zhou, Zhonghe1,2
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| 刊名 | ZOOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY
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| 出版日期 | 2019-02-01 |
| 卷号 | 185期号:2页码:417-430 |
| 关键词 | Confuciusornithidae diversity Early Cretaceous morphospace phylogeny |
| ISSN号 | 0024-4082 |
| DOI | 10.1093/zoolinnean/zly045 |
| 通讯作者 | Wang, Min(wangmin@ivpp.ac.cn) |
| 英文摘要 | Confuciusornithidae is the clade of Early Cretaceous birds most rich in materials and plays a central role in our understanding of the evolution of avian horny beaks and pygostyles. A handful of specimens demonstrate that this avian group is distinguishable from other basal birds by their robust, toothless upper and lower jaws, a fused scapulocoracoid and a tiny claw on the middle manual digit, among other features. Here, we report a new taxon of Confuciusornithidae, Yangavis confucii gen. et sp. nov., from the Early Cretaceous Jehol Biota, northeastern China. This new bird, however, has a normal-sized major digit claw, as in other basal birds, which was probably regained independently as Confuciusornithidae evolved, based on our phylogenetic study. Unfortunately, the biological significance of this trait is unclear owing to a lack of analogues in modern birds (manual claws are completely lost in adults). Yangavis confucii is differentiated from other confuciusornithids by its proportionally much longer forelimb. Our morphometric analysis indicates that the morphospace of Confuciusornithidae, with the addition of Y. confucii, is greatly broadened to a degree that it overlaps with the Early Cretaceous Ornithuromorpha and Enantiornithines, indicating that the biological diversity of confuciusornithids is greater than previously thought. |
| WOS关键词 | BIRD SAPEORNIS-CHAOYANGENSIS ; SPECIMEN ; ARCHAEOPTERYX ; MELANOSOMES ; CHINA ; SKULL |
| 资助项目 | National Natural Science Foundation of China[41722202] ; National Natural Science Foundation of China[41502002] ; National Natural Science Foundation of China[41688103] ; Youth Innovation Promotion Association (CAS) |
| WOS研究方向 | Zoology |
| 语种 | 英语 |
| WOS记录号 | WOS:000465319300005 |
| 出版者 | OXFORD UNIV PRESS |
| 资助机构 | National Natural Science Foundation of China ; Youth Innovation Promotion Association (CAS) |
| 源URL | [http://119.78.100.205/handle/311034/9718]  |
| 专题 | 古脊椎动物与古人类研究所_图书馆1 |
| 通讯作者 | Wang, Min |
| 作者单位 | 1.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Vertebrate Paleontol & Paleoanthropol, Key Lab Vertebrate Evolut & Human Origins, 142 Xizhimenwai St, Beijing 100044, Peoples R China 2.Chinese Acad Sci, Ctr Excellence Life & Paleoenvironm, Beijing 100044, Peoples R China |
| 推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Wang, Min,Zhou, Zhonghe. A new confuciusornithid (Aves: Pygostylia) from the Early Cretaceous increases the morphological disparity of the Confuciusornithidae[J]. ZOOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY,2019,185(2):417-430. |
| APA | Wang, Min,&Zhou, Zhonghe.(2019).A new confuciusornithid (Aves: Pygostylia) from the Early Cretaceous increases the morphological disparity of the Confuciusornithidae.ZOOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY,185(2),417-430. |
| MLA | Wang, Min,et al."A new confuciusornithid (Aves: Pygostylia) from the Early Cretaceous increases the morphological disparity of the Confuciusornithidae".ZOOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY 185.2(2019):417-430. |
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