An Archaeopteryx-like theropod from China and the origin of Avialae

Citation

Xu, X.; You, H.; Du, K.; Han, F. (2011). An Archaeopteryx-like theropod from China and the origin of Avialae. Nature 475(7357): 465-470. Springer Science and Business Media LLC. doi:10.1038/nature10288

Names first published here

• Xiaotingia genus
• Xiaotingia zhengi species

Cited by genera

• Archaeopteryx

  Phylogenetic analysis shifted Archaeopteryx into Deinonychosauria near anchiornithids and troodontids.

• Xiaotingia

Cited by clades

• Anchiornithidae

  Recovered Archaeopteryx among deinonychosaurs close to anchiornithids in a paravian phylogeny.