supported by the National Basic Research Program of China(973 Program,2012CB821906);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(41172020,41472023,41172016,41372014);the Chinese Academy of Sciences
We report on an exceptional specimen of Eoconfuciusornis preserving rare soft-tissue traces of the ovary and wing. Ovarian follicles preserve a greater hierarchy than observed in Jeholornis and enantiornithines,sugges...
supported by the National Basic Research Program of China(2012CB821906);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(41172020)
We report on a new species of ornithuromorph bird, Iteravis huchzermeyeri gen. et sp. nov., from the previously unreported Sihedang locality of the Lower Cretaceous Yixian Formation, the oldest ornithuromorph bearing ...
supported by the National Basic Research Program of China(2012CB821906);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(41172020);the Chinese Academy of Sciences
The study of the Early Cretaceous terrestrial Jehol Biota,which provides a rare window for reconstruction of a Lower Cretaceous terrestrial ecosystem,is reviewed with a focus on some of the latest progress.A newly pro...