Independent assembly of the flight apparatus in a non-avian dinosaur clade

Citation

Wang, X.; Ji, Y.; Cau, A.; Kundrát, M.; Liu, Y.; Wang, Y.; Ji, Q. (2026). Independent assembly of the flight apparatus in a non-avian dinosaur clade. Nature Communications 17(1): 10074. Springer Science and Business Media LLC. doi:10.1038/s41467-026-77804-6

Names first published here

• Norellraptor genus
• Norellraptor barsboldi species

Cited by genera

• Daurlong

  Recovered Daurlong with Zhenyuanlong and Tianyuraptor.

• Norellraptor
• Zhenyuanlong

  Recovered Zhenyuanlong with Daurlong and Tianyuraptor.

Cited by clades

• Halszkaraptorinae

  Recovered Halszkaraptorinae with Unenlagiinae closer to birds than to dromaeosaurids and troodontids.