Song from The Distant Past：A New Fossil Pheasant from China Preserves A Super-Elongated Windpipe  

作　　者：li zhiheng thomas stidham 

机构地区：[1]institute of vertebrate paleontology and paleoanthropology, cas

出　　处：《Bulletin of the Chinese Academy of Sciences》2018年第2期118-119,共2页中国科学院院刊（英文版）

基　　金：supported in part by CAS;the National Natural Science Foundation of China;the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation

摘　　要：A well preserved,nearly complete skeleton of a new extinct species of pheasant that lived between 7 and 11 million years ago adjacent to the northeastern edge of the Tibetan Plateau in China preserves the oldest evidence of a bird having modified and specialized its vocalization sounds(songs or calls).Everyone is familiar with birds singing and making a variety of sounds,such as roosters crowing at dawn.However,little direct evidence exists forA well preserved, nearly complete skeleton ofa new extinct species of pheasant that lived baetween 7 and 11 million years ago adjacent to the northeastern edge of the Tibetan Plateau in Chinapreserves the oldest evidence of a bird having modifiedand specialized its vocalization sounds （songs or calls）.

关 键 词：骨骼 物种 鸟类 动物学 

分 类 号：Q959.837[生物学—动物学] Q16