A bony-crested Jurassic dinosaur with evidence of iridescent plumage highlights complexity in early paravian evolution

A bony-crested Jurassic dinosaur with evidence of iridescent plumage highlights complexity in early paravian evolution

A number of paravian dinosaurs have been described from the Jurassic Yanliao biota, but these have tended to be morphologically similar to Archaeopteryx. Here, Hu. describe the new paravian dinosaur, Caihong juji gen. et sp. nov., which possesses a suite of unusual skeletal and feather characteristi...

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Main Authors: Dongyu Hu, Julia A. Clarke, Chad M. Eliason, Rui Qiu, Quanguo Li, Matthew D. Shawkey, Cuilin Zhao, Liliana D’Alba, Jinkai Jiang, Xing Xu
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: Nature Portfolio 2018
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/be3ec2b5783141a08e94839b4636c9f7
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Summary:A number of paravian dinosaurs have been described from the Jurassic Yanliao biota, but these have tended to be morphologically similar to Archaeopteryx. Here, Hu. describe the new paravian dinosaur, Caihong juji gen. et sp. nov., which possesses a suite of unusual skeletal and feather characteristics.

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