A New Species of Pengornithidae (Aves: Enantiornithes) from the Lower Cretaceous of China Suggests a Specialized Scansorial Habitat Previously Unknown in Early Birds

We describe a new enantiornithine bird, Parapengornis eurycaudatus gen. et sp. nov. from the Lower Cretaceous Jiufotang Formation of Liaoning, China. Although morphologically similar to previously described pengornithids Pengornis houi, Pengornis IVPP V18632, and Eopengornis martini, morphological d...

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Published in:PLoS One
Main Authors: Hu, Han, O’Connor, Jingmai K., Zhou, Zhonghe
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Public Library of Science 2015
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Research Article
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4454694/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26039693
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0126791
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