Flight aerodynamics in enantiornithines: Information from a new Chinese Early Cretaceous bird.

We describe an exquisitely preserved new avian fossil (BMNHC-PH-919) from the Lower Cretaceous Yixian Formation of eastern Inner Mongolia, China. Although morphologically similar to Cathayornithidae and other small-sized enantiornithines from China's Jehol Biota, many morphological features ind...

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Main Authors: Di Liu, Luis M Chiappe, Francisco Serrano, Michael Habib, Yuguang Zhang, Qinjing Meng
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5636078?pdf=render