Reduced plumage and flight ability of a new Jurassic paravian theropod from China

Citation

Godefroit, P.; Demuynck, H.; Dyke, G.; Hu, D.; Escuillié, F.; Claeys, P. (2013). Reduced plumage and flight ability of a new Jurassic paravian theropod from China. Nature Communications 4(1). Springer Science and Business Media LLC. doi:10.1038/ncomms2389

Names first published here

• Eosinopteryx genus
• Eosinopteryx brevipenna species

Cited by genera

• Anchiornis

  Places the Yaolugou locality in the Tiaojishan Formation.

• Archaeopteryx

  New paravian description recovering Archaeopteryx among basal avialan-grade paravians.

• Eosinopteryx

Cited by clades

• Anchiornithidae

  Described Eosinopteryx, which lacks large pennaceous feathers on the tail, metatarsus and foot.