A bizarre Early Cretaceous enantiornithine bird with unique crural feathers and an ornithuromorph plough-shaped pygostyle

Although now extinct, Enantiornithes was the most diverse group of birds in the Mesozoic. Here, Wang and colleagues describe a new species of enantiornithine bird from 131 million years ago with features that suggest extensive diversification had occurred in the enantiornithines by this time.

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Autores principales: Min Wang, Jingmai K O’Connor, Yanhong Pan, Zhonghe Zhou
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Publicado: Nature Portfolio 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://doaj.org/article/b2ac3a5e2eb5459db90b5e0d7c969bee
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Sumario:Although now extinct, Enantiornithes was the most diverse group of birds in the Mesozoic. Here, Wang and colleagues describe a new species of enantiornithine bird from 131 million years ago with features that suggest extensive diversification had occurred in the enantiornithines by this time.