Basal birds from China: a brief review

Volume: 1, Issue: 2, Pages: 83 - 96
Published: Jun 30, 2010
Abstract
We use the term "basal birds" for a relatively small number of primitive fossil birds that fall outside the major clade Ornithothoraces, which includes both modern birds and enantiornithines. Eight genera and twelve valid species have been reported from China in the last 15 years, whereas Archaeopteryx lithographica remains the only basal bird to have been described from non-Chinese specimens (although confuciusornithid material is...
Paper Details
Title
Basal birds from China: a brief review
Published Date
Jun 30, 2010
Volume
1
Issue
2
Pages
83 - 96
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