Open Paleo

Journal article

A new avialan theropod from an emerging Jurassic terrestrial fauna

Xu, L.; Wang, M.; Chen, R.; Dong, L.; Lin, M.; Xu, X.; Tang, J.; You, H.; Zhou, G.; Wang, L.; He, W.; Li, Y.; Zhang, C.; Zhou, Z. (2023)

Citation

Xu, L.; Wang, M.; Chen, R.; Dong, L.; Lin, M.; Xu, X.; Tang, J.; You, H.; Zhou, G.; Wang, L.; He, W.; Li, Y.; Zhang, C.; Zhou, Z. (2023). A new avialan theropod from an emerging Jurassic terrestrial fauna. Nature 621(7978): 336-343. Springer Science and Business Media LLC. doi:10.1038/s41586-023-06513-7

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Cited by genera

  • Aurornis

    Recovers an Anchiornithidae uniting Anchiornis, Aurornis, Xiaotingia and Eosinopteryx, with their interrelationships unresolved.

  • Baminornis

    Dates the layer of the Nanyuan Formation that yielded the holotype.

  • Eosinopteryx

    Recovered Eosinopteryx within Anchiornithidae, questioning its validity relative to Anchiornis.

  • Fujianvenator
  • Xiaotingia

    New avialan theropod description bearing on Xiaotingia's avialan placement.

  • Yuezhuornis

    Dates the fossil-bearing layers of the lower Nanyuan Formation that the describing paper correlates with the holotype's horizon, and the ignimbrite that overlies them.

  • Zhengheornis

    Dates the excavated section of the lower Nanyuan Formation from whose layer six the holotype comes.

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  • Anchiornithidae

    New avialan theropod description supporting Anchiornithidae's placement within Avialae.