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A new euornithine from the Lower Cretaceous (Aptian) of China reveals the first radiation of fish-eating birds

Huang, J.; Wang, X.; Cau, A.; Mao, L.; Liu, Y.; Wang, Y. (2025)

Citation

Huang, J.; Wang, X.; Cau, A.; Mao, L.; Liu, Y.; Wang, Y. (2025). A new euornithine from the Lower Cretaceous (Aptian) of China reveals the first radiation of fish-eating birds. Cretaceous Research 179: 106244. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2025.106244

Cited by genera

  • Baminornis

    Codes the purported pygostyle as unknown, since the fused vertebrae could be part of the sacral series, and still recovers Baminornis as the sister taxon of Jeholornithiformes plus Pygostylia.